| Retiree Organizations:
AARP http://www.aarp.org/states/il/
American
Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), http://www.afscme.org/226.cfm
Illinois
Education Association (IEA), http://www.ieanea.org/
Illinois
Federation of Teachers (IFT), http://www.ift-aft.org/
Illinois
Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), http://www.imrf.org/retirees/retiree_homepage.htm
Illinois Retirement Security Initiative (IRSI), http://www.ilretirementsecurity.org/
State
Universities Retirement System (SURS)http://www.surs.com/homepage.surs
Teachers
Retirement System (TRS), http://trs.illinois.gov/
University
Professionals of Illinois (UPI), http://www.upilocal4100.org/
Insurance
Central
Management Services, http://www.state.il.us/cms/3_servicese_ben_choice/ (217)782-7110
IL
Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan, http://www.chip.state.il.us/
Division of Insurance - (217) 782-4515
Alzheimer's Disease Information (800) 272-3900
Cancer Information (800) 422-6237
Emergency Services & Disaster Agency (800) 782-7860
Drugwatch - Keeping an Eye on Pharmaceuticals http://www.drugwatch.com
Hearing Aid Action Line (800) 545-2200
Vision & Hearing Sccreening Program (217) 782-4733
IL
Spousal Continuation Law, http://www.gitlinlawfirm.com/documents/SpousalContinuationCoverageLaw1.pdf
Pensions
Chicago
Teachers Pension Fund, http://www.ctpf.org/
IMRF,
Illinois Pension Code, http://www.imrf.org/legislation/IL_pension_code.htm
State
Universities Retirement System (SURS), http://www.surs.com/homepage.surs
Teachers
Retirement System (TRS), http://trs.illinois.gov/
State Employees Retirement System (SERS), http://www.state.il.us/SRS/SERS/home_sers.htm
Illinois
Government
Legislators/Legislation
Capitol
Complex Telephone Directory, http://www.ilga.gov/directory.asp
Illinois
General Assembly, http://www.ilga.gov/
Legislator
Lookup, http://www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/DistrictOfficialSearchByAddress.aspx
Legislative
Research Unit, http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lru/lru_home.html
How
a Bill Becomes a Law, http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lis/98bill_law.pdf
Constitutional
Officers
Comptroller's
Office, http://www.comptroller.state.il.us/
Governor's
Office, http://www.il.gov/
Illinois
Courts, http://www.state.il.us/court/
State
Constitution, http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/conent.htm
Campaign
Contributions and Voting Records
Illinois
Campaign for Political Reform, http://www.ilcampaign.org/
Project
Vote Smart (federal & state voting records), http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
Center
for Responsive Politics (federal campaign contributions), http://www.opensecrets.org
Center
for Responsive Politics (federal campaign contributions by state), http://www.opensecrets.org/states/index.asp
State Departments & Agencies
Commission
on Government Forecasting and Accountability, http://www.ilga.gov/commission/cgfa2006/home.aspx
Dept
of Children & Family Services (DCFS), http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/index.shtml
Dept
of Revenue, www.tax.illinois.gov
Tax Information (800) 732-8866; Circuit Breaker (800)
624-2459
Dept of Natural Resources (217) 782-6302
Dept of Labor (217) 782-1710
Dept of Aging (800) 252-8966
Dept
of Veterans Affairs, http://www.state.il.us/agency/dva/ (217) 782-6641
Governor's
Office of Women's Affairs, http://www.il.gov/gov/women2/
Governor's
Office of Management and Budget, http://www.state.il.us/budget/
IL
Board of Higher Education, http://www.ibhe.state.il.us/
IL
Community College Board, http://www.iccb.state.il.us/
IL
Department on Aging, http://www.state.il.us/aging/
Joint
Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar
State
Board of Elections, www.elections.state.il.us
State
Universities Civil Service System, http://www.sucss.state.il.us/
Federal Departments & Agencies
Census
Bureau, http://www.census.gov/
Congressional
Budget Office, http://www.cbo.gov/
Dept
of Health & Human Services- Medicare, http://www.medicare.gov/
Public Aid (800) 843-6154
Office of Rehabilitation (800) 641-3929
TTY (800) 447-6404
Federal Tax Information (800) 829-1040
Medicare
comparison of nursing homes, www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Home.asp
Medicare
enrollment, http://medicare-medicaid.com/medicare/medicare-enrollment/
Dept
of Veterans Affairs, http://www.va.gov/
General
Accountability Office, http://www.gao.gov/
Library
of Congress-Thomas (federal legislation), http://thomas.loc.gov/
Office
of Management & Budget-President's Budget FY 08, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/budget.html
Social
Security Administration, http://www.socialsecurity.gov/
US
Treasury, http://www.treas.gov/offices/tax-policy/
Political
News
State
Illinois
Government Network News, http://www.il.gov/news/
Capitol
Fax, http://www.thecapitolfaxblog.com/
State
Freedom of Information Map, http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/foiamap2.html
Federal
Congressional
Quarterly, http://public.cq.com/
Roll
Call, http://www.rollcall.com/
Political,
Policy and Economic Organizations
State
Center
for Tax and Budget Accountability, http://www.ctbaonline.org/
Institute
of Government and Public Affairs, http://www.igpa.uiuc.edu/
Commerce & Economic Opportunity (217) 782-7500
NIU
Illinois Policy Survey, http://www.cgsniu.org/portfolio/policy_survey/index.html
Taxpayers'
Federation of Illinois, http://www.taxpayfedil.org/
Chicago
The
Civic Federation, http://www.civicfed.org/
National
The
Brookings Institution, http://www.brookings.org/default.htm
The
Cato Institute, http://www.cato.org/
Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities, http://www.cbpp.org/
Economic
Policy Institute, http://www.epi.org/
Government
Research Association, http://www.graonline.org/
National
Conference of State Legislatures, http://www.ncsl.org/
National
Council on Aging, http://www.ncoa.org/
National
Governors' Association, http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.5dbb9333fc52447ae8ebb856a11010a0/
Rand, http://www.rand.org/
Urban
Institute, http://www.urban.org/
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