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Parks/Recreation 

• Academy of Leisure Sciences - Alberta, Canada
• American Recreation Coalition
• Aquatics International Online 
• Health Education and Recreation - Department in the University of Southern Illinois
• International Play Equipment Manufacturer's Association 
• Illinois Association of Park Districts
• Internet Resources for Outdoor Recreation Research - Natural Resources Research Information pages
• Missouri Department of Conservation
• Missouri Park and Recreation Association
• NARRP - National Association of Recreation Resource Planners
• NGF - The National Golf Foundation
• The Outdoor Network
• Leisure Information Network - Ontario, Canada
• National Program for Playground Safety
• Perc on line - Site with articles and links about parks and recreation
• Parks St. Louis County Parks and Recreation, Missouri, USA
• SPRE Leisure Research Symposium - Society of Park and Recreation Educators
• The Trust for Public Land
• Urban Parks Online - Program of Project for Open Spaces, Inc

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Performance Measurement

• City of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada - Performance Measurement; Strategic and Business Planning; Measure; Critical Success Factor; Continuous Improvement
• Grading Government - At the Maxwell School of Citizenship
• Improving Government Performance - National Academy of Public Administration
• Oregon Progress Board Home Page

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Planning Sites 

• AIA - American Institute for Architects
• AIA St. Louis Chapter
• American Planning Association: International Division
• American Planning Association - Missouri Chapter
• Association of State Floodplain Managers - Wisconsin
• Citizen's Guide to Billboard Control - South Carolina
• Costs and Benefits of Residential Development Workbook
• Daniel R. Mandelker - Author of Planning and control of land development Washington University-St. Louis
• e design - Florida State University
• The Great American Station Foundation
• Greenbelt Alliance
• HABITAT: Journal for Education in the Built Environment
• Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
• Internet City Planning Sources - UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Fiscal Impact Analysis in Land Use Planning
• Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law - Florida State University School of law
• Land Trust Alliance
• Landscape Design Journal
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - Study of land policy
• Maryland Office of Planning
• Massachusetts Citizen Planner Training Collaborative
• Metropolis Magazine
• National Community Building Network
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• The National Trust Main Street Center
• Neighborhoods Online
• NeighborWorks® Network - Neighborhood revitalization and educational services
• North Carolina Planners - Institute of Government. University of North Carolina
• Online Planning Journal - Digital Visualization via the Internet - Plannet. UK
• PAB - Planning Accreditation Board
• Planners Network - Organization of urban planners from different academic perspectives
• PlannersWeb - Planning Commissioners Journal . City and Regional Planning Resources
• Planning and Markets - An Electronic Journal
• Project for Public Spaces. Inc
• Regional Plan Association's - Connecticut, Long Island and New Jersey
• Transit-Focused Development - Information about 22 North America Cities
• ULI - The Urban Land Institute
• Urban Studies and Planning - Virginia Commonwealth University
• Washington University - Land Use Law Site

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Privatization

• Commonwealth Competition Council - Virginia Government Competition Act
• The Heartland Institute - Chicago, Illinois - 312/377-4000 - Non-Profit Public Policy
• Paul Staff: Privatization - Series of Links Pages on Privatization Issues
• Privatization of Fire Departments
• Reason Foundation - Reason Public Policy Institute (RPPI) and REASON Magazine

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Public Participation

• Advocates for Self-Government - Libertarian perspective
• American Institute for Public Service - Jefferson Awards
• Benton Foundation - Network democracy, policy and practice through the internet
• Bowling Alone America's Declining Social Capital - by Robert D. Putnam - John Hopkins University
• Building Citizen-based Electronic Democracy Efforts - paper by Steven L. Clift within e-Democracy International
• Cambridge Civic Network - civic life, civic organizations, and civic participation in the Cambridge Community
• Center for Civic Education - specializes in civic/citizenship, law-related and international education
• Center for Civic Network - Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces For the 21st Century
• The Center for Democracy and Technology - Advocates for constitutional liberties in the digital age
• Center for Voting & Democracy
• Citizens Online
• Civic Literacy Home Page
• The Civic Mind
• Civic Practices Network - Movement, advocates for practical solution to public problems
• Civnet - International Resource for civic education and civil society
• The Communitarian Network - George Washington University
• Community Quality Electronic Network - Clemson University, South Carolina
• Democracies Online Presentation - Building Civic Life on the New Frontier. E-Democracy International
• Democracies Online newswire: Public Strategies for the Online World - by Steven L. Clift
• The Democracy Project
• Direct Democracy: Is the US prepared? - By Adam Lake. Crossroads, May 1995
• E-The People for E-The People - America's Interactive Town Hall, Signing of local initiatives
• The Effects of Community Networks on Political Participation
• The Electronic Village - Arizona State University
• Grassroots.com
• Idealist Home - Citizens Guide for Public Participation
• Initiative & Referendum Institute - Research and promotion of initiative and referendum process
• Institute for the Study of Civic Values - Advocates of civil values. Philadelphia
• Institute on Governance
• Jefferson Center for New Democratic Processes
• MDD - Movement for Direct Democracy 
• Minnesota E-Democracy
• National Civic League - Welcome to the Electronic Policy Network
• The National Commission on Civic Renewal - School of Public Affairs. University of Maryland
• National Issues Forum - Kettering Foundation
• NetAction: Virtual Activist Training Course
• Policity **new 2/07/00**
• Politics and Civic Life - Idea Central: - Newsletter from the Electronic Policy Network
• TANN - Tele-democracy Action News Network
• The Voters Telecommunications Watch - Civil liberties group
• World Alliance for Citizen Participation

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Public Policy

• The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• The Aspen Institute
• The Brookings Institution
• Cascade Policy Institute - Research institute in Oregon
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Research Institute
• Center for Urban Policy Research - Rutgers University
• The Century Foundation - Economic, political and social research since 1919
• The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI)
• Electronic Policy Network
• The Heritage Foundation
• Institute for Policy Research - Northwestern University
• National Center for Public Analysis
• Public Agenda Online - Public Opinion and Public Policy
• Public Interest Research Groups
• Public Policy Research Center - University of Missouri - St. Louis
• THE PUBLIC PURPOSE - Journal and information on Public Policy affairs
• RAND
• Web White & Blue - Easy access to election information

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Public Works 

• American Consulting Engineers Council
• American Public Works Association
• ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
• Continuing Education for Technical Professionals - University of Wisconsin - Madison, College of Engineering (added 09/13/04)
• Grounds maintenance
• National Society of Professional Engineers - NSPE
• Public Works Magazine
• Utility Connection

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Purchasing 

• ePurchasingAgent.com
• Gov Store - ICMA
• Internet Public Purchasing Review
• National Association of State Procurement Officials
• The Public Purchaser
• Society of Government Travel Professionals
• State of Missouri Office of Administration Division of Purchasing and Materials Management
• State of North Carolina - Purchasing Guidelines

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