Derrek Davis, CIA, CISA, PMP
Adjunct Professor of Government
Austin Community College

Office: See Syllabus

Office Hours: See Syllabus

Welcome Students!

Course Documents

Summer 2008 (2nd 5.5 weeks)
GOVT 2305, US Government, Synonym 15776, RRHEC, AVRY 204, MW 5:30-9:10 PM

Textbook Student Websites

GOVT 2305
American Government and Politics Today,
The Essentials: 2007 Edition

GOVT 2306
 

Links of Interest

US Government Class Links

http://www.whitehouse.gov - The White House
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ - The Supreme Court
http://www.congress.org/ - Site for all things Congress
http://www.house.gov/ - US House of Representatives site
http://www.senate.gov/ - Official US Senate site
http://thomas.loc.gov - US Congress Bill Locator
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/address.htm - Website to help you locate your US representatives
http://www.cq.com/ - Congressional Quarterly Website
http://www.epolitics.org - American Politics Website
http://www.idealog.org/ - IDEAlog 7.0...An interesting and short survey to determine your political ideology
http://www.archives.gov/index.html - U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
http://www.loc.gov/ - Library of Congress
http://www.fec.gov/ - Federal Election Committee
http://www.vote-smart.org/ - Vote Smart Project
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/polifront.htm - USA Today Politics Page
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/ - Washington Post Politics Page
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html - NY Times Politics Page
http://www.salon.com/news/index.html - Salon.Com Poltical Analysis Site
http://www.hillnews.com/ - The Hill (Congressional Newspaper)
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/ - CNN Politics Site
http://www.tnr.com/indexpol.mhtml - The New Republic Magazine Politics Page
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ - Washington Monthly Magazine
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/resources.html - Findlaw's Supreme Court Site
http://people-press.org/ - The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
http://www.fairvote.org/ - The Center for Voting and Democracy
http://www.electionreform.org/ERMain/ - Election Reform.Org

TX Government Class Links

Texas Fact Book 2006
http://www.texasweekly.com/links.html - Texas Weekly Links Page (Good Source)http://www.lonestarreport.org/ - The Lone Star Report
http://www.quorumreport.com/ - Harvey Kronberg's Quorum Report
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/ - City of Austin
http://www.beecavetexas.com/citygov.htm - Village of Bee Cave
http://www.ci.marble-falls.tx.us/ - City of Marble Falls
http://www.cityofpflugerville.com/ - City of Pflugerville
http://www.ci.round-rock.tx.us/ - City of Round Rock
http://www.ci.cedar-park.tx.us/ - City of Cedar Park
http://www.georgetown.org/ - City of Georgetown
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/ - Travis County
http://www.wilco.org - Williamson County
http://www.texasonline.com/ - Texas Online
http://www.window.state.tx.us/ - Window on State Government (Comptroller)
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/ - Office of the Governor
http://www.ltgov.state.tx.us/75r/LtGov/LtGov.htm - Office of the Lt. Governor
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/ - Texas Legislature Online
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/index.shtml - Office of Attorney General
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ - Texas Supreme Court
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/ - Texas Secretary of State
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/ - Texas Office of the Attorney General
http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/agencies.jsp - TRAIL - List of All Texas Agencies
http://www.onetoughgrandma.com - Carole Keeton Strayhorn for Governor
http://www.rickperry.org - Rick Perry for Governor
http://www.kinkyfriedman.com - Kinky Friedman for Governor
http://www.chrisbell.com - Chris Bell for Governor (Democratic Candidate)
http://www.gammageforgovernor.com - Bob Gammage for Governor (Democratic Candidate)

Local US Representatives for Texas

http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/research/redist/pdf/map_plan01374c.pdf - Redistricting Map for 2004 Elections
http://hutchison.senate.gov/ - Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's Website
http://cornyn.senate.gov/ - Senator John Cornyn's Website
http://www.house.gov/carter/ - Rep. John Carter's Website (District 31)
http://lamarsmith.house.gov/ - Rep. Lamar Smith's Website (District 21)
http://www.house.gov/doggett/ - Rep. Lloyd Doggett's Website (District 25)
http://hinojosa.house.gov/ - Rep. Ruben Hinojosa's Website (District 15)
http://www.house.gov/mccaul/ - Rep. Michael McCaul's Website (District 10)
http://conaway.house.gov/ - Rep. Mike Conaway's Website (District 11)
http://www.house.gov/cuellar/ - Rep. Henry Cuellar's Website (District 28)

Local State Representatives for Texas

http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist20/gattis.htm - Dan Gattis's Website (District 20)
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist52/krusee.htm - Mike Krusee's Website (District 52)
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist49/naishtat.htm - Elliot Naishtat's Website (District 49)
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist17/cook.htm - Robby Cook's Website (District 17)
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist45/rose.htm - Patrick Rose's Website (District 45)
http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist50/strama.htm - Mark Strama's Website (District 50)http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist5/dist5.htm - Steve Ogden's Website (District 5)
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist14/dist14.htm - Gonzalo Barrientos's Website (District 14)
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist18/dist18.htm - Kenneth Armbrister's Website (District 18)
TBD -  (District 48)

Political Groups/Political Party Sites

http://www.texasyds.org - Texas Young Democrats
http://www.tyrf.org/ - Texas Young Republican Federation
http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/life4u/clubs.htm - ACC Student Clubs & Organizations
http://www.lwv.org/ - League of Women Voters
http://www.lulac.org/ - LULAC
http://www.naacp.org/ - NAACP
http://www.leaguewv.austin.tx.us/ - Austin Area League of Women Voters
http://www.traviccountygop.org - Travis County Republican Party
http://www.williamsoncountygop.org/ - Williamson County Republican Party
http://www.democrats.org/ - Democratic National Committee
http://www.txdemocrats.org/ - Democratic Party of Texas
http://www.georgewbush.com/- Republican National Committee
http://www.texasgop.org/ - Republican Party of Texas
http://www.gp.org/ - Green Party of the United States
http://www.txgreens.org/ - Green Party of Texas
http://www.reformparty.org/ - Reform Party of the United States