The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council. All National Academy Press books available free online.
The Science and Public Policy Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science provides comprehensive and authoritative information on the federal budget and extensive information about S&T-related activities on Capitol Hill. Maintains a list of S&T policy programs at universities.
The Interacademy Council was created by the world’s national academies to offer scientific advice to international institutions such as the UN and the World Bank.
Publishes FYI, which summarizes science policy developments in Washington affecting the physics and astronomy community. Summaries are approximately one page long and are issued two or more times every week.
The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) is the business association of leaders in research and development working together to enhance the effectiveness of technological innovation in industry.
The Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes based at Arizona State University provides a stimulating perspective on a wide range of policy issues.
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
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The Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex is one of the world’s oldest and biggest university programs, and it has an international range.
The Council on Competitiveness is a group of CEOs, college presidents, and labor leaders that evaluates and promotes the competitiveness of U.S. companies.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting pre-eminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in Washington. The Center offers 20-25 residential fellowships each year. Special interests include environment, industrial competitiveness, foresight, and national security. The Wilson Center publishes the wide-ranging and always interesting Wilson Quarterly.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for information on arms control, international relations, and governance. Carnegie publishes the outstanding magazine Foreign Policy.
The New America Foundation is dedicated to developing policies that break through political gridlock. It covers numerous science, technology, and health issues.
Scientific American is the venerable science magazine for the lay public. Not strong on policy, but with useful information for those who care about policy.
Once a great science and society magazine, it drifted into technology boosterism in the late 1990s, but new editor Jason Pontin promises to revive its social conscience. Always worth a look.