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Web Resource

• http://votesmart.org/elections/offices#.VDaTXPldX_Y.  
  Project Vote Smart provides free, nonpartisan information about officials, candidates, legislation and voting.

• www.brookings.edu. 
  Web site of the Brookings Institution, one of Washington, D.C.’s oldest think tanks, which pursues independent, nonpartisan research in such areas as metropolitan policy and governance.

• http://icma.org/en/icma/home
  Web site of the International City/County Management Association, whose mission is to create excellence in local government by developing and fostering professional local government management worldwide.

• www.naco.org. 
  Web site of the National Association of Counties, the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States.

• www.natat.org. 
  Web site of the National Association of Towns and Townships, which seeks to strengthen the effectiveness of town and township governments by exploring flexible and alternative approaches to federal policies to ensure that smaller communities can meet federal requirements.

• www.nlc.org. 
  Web site of the National League of Cities, the oldest and largest national organization representing municipal governments in the United States.

• www.usmayors.org. 
  Web site of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, which is the official nonpartisan organization of the 1,183 U.S. cities with populations of 30,000 or more.