Alliance for Community Media
http://www.alliancecm.org/
The Alliance for Community Media supports and promotes universal access to electronic media. The Web site includes information on local access to community media centers and public access television stations, policy updates and legal information. This site is a must for nonprofits interested in following policies that affect public access.

Association for Community Networking
http://www.afcn.net/
AFCN is an educational nonprofit dedicated to supporting the development of community-based technology services and programs. Their Web site provides tools, a discussion area and news.

Communications Headlines
http://www.benton.org/Lists/
from the Benton Foundation's Communications Policy & Practice project
To receive daily news abstracts and analysis of communications policy issues from the Benton Foundation, send an email to: listserv@cdinet.com. Insert the following text into your email message: subscribe compolicy YourFirstName YourLastName.

Community Networks: A Bibliography
http://orgwis.gmd.de/%7emambrey/cn_bibliogr.html
Writing on community networking and online communities. Most are off-line, but the list is still worth a look.

CTCNet
http://www.ctcnet.org
CTCNet is an alliance of community technology centers. Its mission is to bring organizations that provide public access to technology together to support universal access and training programs in communities that often lack such opportunities. The site offers links to publications on community technology centers and access issues.

Gates Library Foundation
http://www.glf.org/
The Gates Library Foundation partners with public libraries (especially libraries in low-income areas) to promote access to the Internet, technology and digital information to low-income groups in the U.S.

National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC)
http://www.namac.org/
NAMAC is a nonprofit association dedicated to promoting independent media arts. Its programs include its Online Support Center for Independent Media, membership directory, newsletter, and MeDIA (a national consortium of media service organizations dedicated to educating the public about telecommunications and media art policy issues). The MeDIA site's resources page is an excellent place to start researching current policy trends and legislation in the media arts.

National Community Building Network
http://www.ncbn.org/
NCBN is an alliance of urban community-building initiatives. The site includes a searchable database of community-building links; a Quick Links page with links to foundations, government links, national organizations, and policy organizations; and an online document, "The Community Builder's Guide to Telecommunications Technology." While this site is not directly related to arts and technology policy, its links pages are worth culling through.

National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH)
http://www.ninch.org/
NINCH is a coalition of arts, humanities and social service organizations created to ensure the participation of the cultural sector in the digital environment and promote the use of electronic media in preserving the nation's cultural heritage.

Policy.com: Communications & Technology
http://www.policy.com/category/category19.html
Policy.com collects links, policy papers and analysis with relevant annotation. The site also links to its "Virtual Congress," which keeps track of current and past legislation and provides contact information for state representatives.