American Association for Budget and Program Analysis
American Society for Public Administration
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
Association of Government Marketing Assistance Specialists
American Association of Political Consultants: http://www.theaapc.com/
American Political Science Association: http://www.apsanet.org/
Blacks in Government
Federal Acquisition Council
Federal Asian Pacific American Council
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
Federal Criminal Investigators Association
Federal Education Association
Federal GLOBE-Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Employees of the Fed. Govt.
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
Federal Managers Association
Federally Employed Women
Human Resources Technology Council
Inspectors General in the Federal Government
Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group
International Association of Political Consultants: http://www.iapc.org
International City/County Management Association
www.naco.org
National Academy of Public Administration
National Association for the Advancement of Black Federal Emp.
National Association of Government Archives and Records Admin.
National Association of Government Communicators
National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives, Inc
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
The National Institute of Government Purchasing
Professional Managers Association
Small Agency Council
Society of Government Economists
Society of Government Meeting Professionals
Women in Government Relations

Sample Career Opportunities
Fundraiser, Public Relations Specialist, Scheduling/Advance, Event planner, Policy Analyst, Volunteer, Research Aide, Consultant, Campaign Assistant, Campaign Manager, Press Secretary, Advocate/Lobbyist

Campaign/Voter Issues:
21st Century Democrats
DEMJob.com
Democratic GAIN
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Emily’s List, democratic network for prochoice women
Federal Election Commission
GOPJob.com
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
Project VoteSmart
Republican National Committee
Senate Republican Conference
Senate Democratic Conference
House Republican Conference
House Democratic Caucus

Polling and Research:
Gallup Organization
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Inc. (Democratic)
Peter Hart Research
Public Opinion Strategies
The Pew Research Center

Sample Career Opportunities
Legislative Correspondent/Aide/Director, Policy Analyst, Public Relations Assistant, Lobbyist, Scheduler, Researcher, Program Analyst

Sites:
Roll Call, Capital Hill News and Jobs
The Hill Online Newspaper
The Politico - NEW!
Senate Employment Bulletin
YourCongress.com
Democratic Hill Jobs
Republican Hill Jobs
Congressional Quarterly
Opportunities in Public Affairs
PoliTemps
Washington Post
Washington Times
Washington Network Group
Political Staffing
The Heritage Foundation Job Bank
The Leadership Institute Employment Placement Service
The Politix Group
US Senate
House of Representatives
Club 100 - Where Activism Counts
List of Political Advocacy Groups from Cal State Chico - NEW!

K Street: Lobbying and Public Affairs Firms
Burson-Marsteller
Direct Impact
Hill & Knowlton
Quinn Gillespie & Associates
Penn Schoen & Berland Associates
Timmons & Co.
Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates
Clark & Weinstock
Fleishman-Hillard
Greer, Margolis, Mitchell, Burns & Associates
Ketchum
Porter Novelli
Barbour Griffith & Rogers
Cassidy & Associates
Golin/Harris International
MWW Group
Powell Tate/Weber Shandwick Public Affairs
McGinn Group
Carmen Group
Downey McGrath Group
Glover Park Group
Jefferson Consulting Group
PodestaMattoon
Van Scoyoc Associates


Check out these resources available through the Library's Aladin system.
CQ Congress Collection
LexisNexis Congressional

WetFeet.Com, contains company profiles of major consulting firms
Abt Associates
ADR Vantage, Inc. – dispute resolution consulting firm
American Management Systems
Accenture
AT&T Government Solutions
Bearing Point (formerly KPMG Consulting)
Booz, Allen Hamilton
Deloitte Consulting
Ernst & Young
Electronic Data Systems
H W & W, Inc.
IRS, Office of Program Evaluation and Risk Analysis
Johnson, Bassin & Shaw (JBS), Inc.
Maximus
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Robbins-Gioia
SRA International
The Avalon Consulting Group, consulting for non-profits
Unisys

Sample Career Opportunities
Criminal Justice – criminal investigator, researcher, federal law enforcement (FBI, ATF, Secret Service Agents, IRS officer, Customs Inspector, US Marshall, Immigration Inspector), local law enforcement (state trooper, investigator, criminologist, correctional officer, security, pretrial services)

Law - Lawyers, judges, paralegals, legal researcher, clerk, court reporter, legal instrument examiners, hearing and appeals specialists, affirmative action specialist, mediators, public defenders, law related education director, firm PR representative, legal correspondent, grant writer

Criminal Justice Sites:
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Society of Criminology
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Bureau of Justice Statistics
DOJ, list of all divisions
DOJ, Community Relations Service
DOJ, Environment and Natural Resources division
DOJ, Office of Communications
Institute for Law and Justice
International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA)
Justice, Research and Statistics Association
National Council on Crime & Delinquency
National Crime Prevention Council
National Criminal Justice Association
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Institute of Justice
Office for Victims of Crimes
Open Society Institute/Criminal Justice Initiative
RAND
The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
United States Sentencing Commission
US Courts
Vera Institute of Justice

Corrections, Pretrial Services and Probation:
American Correctional Association
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for DC
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Montgomery County, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
National Institute of Corrections
NCIA - National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
The Corrections Connection

Juvenile Justice:
Juvenile Justice Links
Michigan State University Juvenile Justice
National Center for Juvenile Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice

Children and Family Issues:
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
National Partnership for Women and Families
The Administration for Children and Families (HUD)
Child Abuse Prevention Network
Child Welfare League of America
Family Violence Prevention Fund
National Organization for Victim Assistance

Law:
Also refer to: Book of Lists (for list of 50 largest law firms in the DC Metro area), National Directory of Legal Employers and Washington Internships in Law & Policy (Career Center Library)

Law Sites:
American Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Arlington County Courthouse
www.attorneyjobs.com
www.paralegaljobs.com
Council for Court Excellence
DC Office of Corporation Counsel
DOJ, Office of Justice Programs
Federal Judicial Center
Georgetown University Investigative Internship Program
www.lawjobs.com
Law Resources, temp to perm paralegal work
TRAK Legal
National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc.
Public Defenders Service, District of Columbia
Public Defenders Service Mental Health Division
State’s Attorney’s Office, Montgomery County-internships
Office of The State's Attorney for Prince George's County
The Association of American Law Schools
US Attorney’s Office for DC
US DOJ, Antitrust Division
Washington DC Law Firms & Legal
National Center on State Courts


DC Law Firms:
Hogan & Hartson
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Arnold & Porter
Covington & Burling
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Steptoe & Johnson
Venable
Patton Boggs
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Check out Criminal Justice Abstracts available through the Library's Aladin system.

General:
Law Enforcement Jobs.com
Police Foundation-contains extensive list of links
911 Job Forums

Federal:
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Army, Criminal Investigative Division
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives
Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Defense Criminal Investigative Service
Defense Logistics Agency, Criminal Investigation Activity
Defense Security Service
Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation
INTERPOL
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Law Enforcement
State Dept, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
State Dept, Bureau of Diplomatic Security
U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Customs Service & Border Protection
U.S. Marshals Service
US Postal Inspection Service
US Secret Service

Local Law Enforcement:

Arlington County Police Department
Community Policing Consortium
Fairfax County Police Department
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Maryland Police Corps
Metropolitan Police Department-has related links section
Montgomery County Police Department
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives(NOBLE)
National Sheriff’s Association
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
Officer.com
Police Executive Research Forum – PERF

Intelligence:
Intelligencecareers.com
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
www.odci.gov
Defense Intelligence Agency
Energy Dept, Intelligence Office
Kroll, private risk consulting company
National Security Agency
Bae Systems
Boeing
Lockheed Martin
State Dept, Office of Intelligence and Research

Sample Career Opportunities
Environmental activist, grassroots organizer, lobbyist, canvasser, environmental victims advocate, fundraiser, research analyst, environmental attorney, public affairs officer, conservationist, inspector, (Other: wildlife, natural resources, energy, water, forests, waste, horticulture)

Sites:
Center for a New American Dream
DOJ, Office of Environment and Natural Resources
EcoEmploy.com
Edison Electric Institute – Environmental Policy Intern
EnvironmentalCareer.com
Environmental Career Opportunities
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Environmental Law Institute
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
USDA Forest Service
Green Corps (Massachusetts)
Greenpeace
League of Conservation Voters
National Association of Environmental Professionals
National Council for Science and the Environment
National Environmental Trust (NET)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (North Carolina)
National Parks Conservation Association
National Resources Defense Council
National Wildlife Federation
Save America’s Forests
Sierra Club
The Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO)
The National Academies
The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF)
The Nature Conservancy
U.S Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Service
World Resources Institute
Worldwatch Institute

Sample Career Opportunities: Public Health Educator, Program Specialist, Environmental Health Technician, Food Inspector,Administrator, Social Insurance Administrator, Researcher, Lobbyist, Nutritionist, Medical Personnel, Policy Analyst

Sites:
Charitable Choices (see Health Links)
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Medical Association - Adolescent Health Online
American Preventive Medical Association
American Public Health Association
American School Health Association
Arlington Hospital
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Families USA
Food and Drug Administration
Harvard School of Public Health
Join Together
National Center for Health Statistics
National Institute for Health Care Management
National Institute of Health

Sample Career Opportunities
Federal: Analyst: program, policy, budget, management, public affairs specialist, contract specialist, employee development/relations specialist

Note: See a Career Advisor for guidance on the Federal Government Job Application Process

Federal Agency Job Listings:

www.usajobs.opm.gov
www.studentjobs.gov
www.students.gov

Sites:
Fedworld
Government Jobs.com
Federal Jobs Central
Federal Jobs Net
Jobs in Government
Opportunities in Public Affairs
Presidential Management Fellows Program
White House
White House Fellows Program
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of the Interior
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of Treasury
Partnership for Public Service
Rep. Mel Watt's Federal Internship Site

Sample Independent Agencies:
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
General Services Administration (GSA)
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Peace Corps
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

Federal Government Post-Graduation Fellowship, Internship, and Professional Development Programs:
Presidential Management Fellowship Program
White House Fellows Program
CHCI Public Policy Fellowship Program
Environmental Protection Agency Career Intern Program
GAO's Professional Development Program
Health & Human Services Emerging Leaders Program
Labor Department Management Intern Program
USDA Career Intern Program
Department of Energy Career Intern Program
HUD Career Intern Program
CMS Career Intern Program
Department of Army Management Intern Program
Navy Career Intern Program

Check out Carroll's GovSearch, available through the Library's Aladin system.

Sample Career Opportunities
Local: management trainee, budget analyst, program analyst, policy analyst, public affairs information officer, assistant, to city administrator, program coordinator

www.icma.org

CITY, STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT INTERN PROGRAMS LOCATIONS

CITY PROGRAMS:
Abilene, TX
Anaheim, CA
Boston, MA
Dallas, TX
Des Moines, IA
Florida City and County Management Internship Program
Fort Collins, CO
Glendale, AZ
Hampton, VA
Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas, NV
Leesburg, VA
Lexington, MA
Long Beach, CA
Longmont, CO
Gainesville, FL
Mesa, AZ
New York City, New York
New York City Urban Fellows Program
Oakland, CA
Olathe, KS
Pasadena, CA
Riverside, CA
San Jose, CA
Santa Ana, CA
Savannah, GA
Sunnyvale, CA
Tamarac, FL
Phoenix, AZ
Washington, DC

COUNTY PROGRAMS:
Miami-Dade County, FL
Prince George's County, MD
Montgomery County, MD
Clark County, NV
Arlington County, VA
Johnson County, KS
Kent County, MI
Los Angeles County, CA
Broward County, FL
Loudon County, VA
Sedgwick County, KS
Florida City and County Management Internship Program
Municipal Management Association of Southern California
NASPAA Local Government Management Fellowship

STATE PROGRAMS:
National Council of State Legislators
National Governor's Association
California Senate Fellows Program
Illinois
Indiana
Maine
Maryland Governor's Policy Fellows Program
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
New York State Assembly Internship
Oklahoma
Oregon Performance Internship
Pennsylvania Management Associate Program
Virginia (Commonwealth University)
Virginia Governor's Fellows Program

Check out Carroll's GovSearch available through the Library's Aladin system.

Non-profit clearinghouses:

Access Jobs
American Council for Voluntary International Action
Charity Channel
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Common Good Careers
Craig’s List of Non-Profit Jobs in Washington D.C.
Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
DC Young Nonprofit Leaders
Essential Information
Idealist.org
Independent Sector
Interaction
Minnesota Council of Non-Profits
Nonprofit Career Network
Nonprofit Jobs
Nonprofit Oyster
Non Profit Times
Opportunity Knocks
Professionals for Nonprofits (a staffing firm)
Raise Your Voice
United Way
Web Guide to NGOs and PVOs
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network

For many additional useful links for international careers, please see the job and internship sites for the School of International Service.

Sample Career Opportunities
Public, Private and Non-profit arena: research assistant/associate in government agencies, courts, consulting agencies, information clearinghouses, health care organizations, think tanks, museums, and activist groups, etc.

Comprehensive list of policy and research think tanks with links to websites:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/library/orgs_tanks.htm
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/ttanks.html
http://www.nira.go.jp/ice/nwdtt/idx1/idxn1.html
http://www.nypn.org/htm/Members/index.html
http://www.policyexperts.org
http://www.worldpress.org/library/ngo.cfm

Sites:
American Association for Public Opinion Research
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Brookings Institution
Capitol Research Center
Cato Institute
Center for Defense Information (CDI)
Center for International Policy (CIP)
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center for National Policy (CNP)
Center for National Security Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
Council on Foreign Relations
Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Economic Strategy Institute (ESI)
Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC)
Heritage Foundation
Institute for International Economics (IIE)
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
Inter-American Dialogue (IAD)
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (JCPES)
Library of Congress Federal Research Program
Mathematica - policy analyst positions
National Bureau for Economic Research
National Center for Policy Analysis
National Institute for Public Policy
National Policy Association
The New York Progressive Network
Policy Experts
Progressive Policy Institute
RAND
Resources for the Future (RFF)
Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study
The Aspen Institute
The Development Group for Alternative Policies (D'GAP)
The Public Forum Institute
Urban Institute
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Worldwatch Institute
The Center on Education Policy
The Finance Project

Education:
Education Policy Institute


Check out PolicyFile available through the Library's Aladin system.

Ethnic/Multicultural Interest:
American University Office of Multicultural Affairs
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
Equal Opportunity Publications
INROADS
New England Board for Higher Education Assistance
Minority Access, Inc.

African American Job Search Sites:
Afronet
Black Collegian Online
Black Equal Opportunity Employment Journal
Black Opportunity Journal
Black Voices Career Center
Group Search
International Association for Women of Color Day
NAACP Job Fair Online
National Association of Black Women Entrepreneurs
National Black Women's Health Project
Women of Color Resource Center

Arab American:
Americans for Peace Now
Arab American Institute Common Cause
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Asian American Job Search Sites:
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
Asian Women in Business/Asian American Professional Women, NY
Organization of Chinese Americans

Hispanic Job Search Sites:
CHCI Public Policy Fellowship Program
Hispanic and Bilingual professionals job postings
Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU)
Hispanic Business.com Careers
Hispanic Employment Services
Hispanic Women's Council
Hispanic/Latino Online Resources
Job listings for Hispanics
LatPro – Diversity Recruitment & Jobs
MANA - A National Latina Organization
National Puerto Rico Coalition
Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration

Native American Job Search Sites:
American Indians – Employment Opportunities
National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
Native American Jobs – Tribal Employment
Native American Jobs and Career Opportunities
NativeWeb

Job Search Sites for Individuals with Disabilities:
Able Newspaper On-Line
American Association of People with Disabilities
Careers and the Disabled – Equal Opportunity Publications
Disability Rights Advocates
Employment Law
Handinet - Promoting Disabled Accessibility and Advocacy
Helping the Disabled Find Jobs
Recruiting qualified persons with disabilities
National Coalition for Students with Disabilities
National Organization on Disability
Students with Disabilities
Transit Access

Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered and Ally Issues:
Gaywork.com
Human Rights Campaign:WorkNet
Sexual Orientation and Career Decision-making
The Mautner Project
Transgender Law and Policy Institute

Religious Interest:
AIPAC
The Interfaith Alliance
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Catholics for a Free Choice
Council of Jewish Federations (NY)
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America
Hillel
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish Women International
National Council of Jewish Women
National Jewish Democratic Council
The Jerusalem Post
The Jewish Forward
The Jewish Organization for Staffers on the Hill (JOSH)
The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
United Jewish Community

Women’s Issues:
Center for American Women & Politics
Center for Women and Policy Studies
EMILY's List
Feminist Majority
International Center for Research on Women
League of Women Voters
NARAL
National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education
National Committee on Pay Equity
National Women's Law Center
National Women's Political Caucus
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
Planned Parenthood Responsible Choices Action Network
Women's Campaign Fund
Women's Information Network
Women's Research and Education Institute

Sports Marketing/Management:
DC United Soccer
E.J. Krause & Associates
Comcast Sportsnet
Washington Sports and Entertainment
DC Sports and Entertainment Commission
Octagon Worldwide
Sportsemployment.com
TeamWork Online

Public Interest/Civil Rights:
Human Rights Watch
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Leadership Conference Education Fund, has Career Center w/job listing
People for the American Way
Taxpayers for Common Sense
The American Civil Liberties Union
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Public Citizen
US PIRG, Public Interest Research Group

Development (Community/Economic/Urban):
Academy for Educational Development
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
City of Takoma Park, MD
Dept of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Transit Administration
National Congress for Community Economic Development
The Urban Institute
Economic Development Coordinator
Urban Planning Jobs