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New Mexico State University

Research and Outreach

New Mexico Certified Public Manager Program

  • About the CPM
    An exciting collaboration with NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service to provide training to public and non-profit managers throughout the state.
Borders, Technology and Security Conference 2008
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Scholars discuss border security questions

Border Security Research

  • Border Security Research

    Departmental faculty members Dr. Jason Ackleson and Dr. Yosef Lapid are developing a dynamic research group to study pressing security, migration, and border policy challenges facing the United States in the post-9/11 environment. Working within a prestigious international network of scholars, faculty and student research teams will embark on a number of projects that will examine these issues over the next several years.

Internet Resources

Program on International Policy Attitudes

For insight into how publics around the globe perceive current issues and government policies, see the extensive reports compiled by PIPA.  The organization's goal is to give public opinion "greater voice in international relations."  Its studies are available at http://www.pipa.org/.

U.S. government documents

A wide range of historical and current documents is available through Google:  http://www.google.com/ig/usgov  

The American Presidency Project

For an extensive collection of documents related to the presidency, go to: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/

U.S. elections

Great website with extensive electoral data: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html

Television & internet political ads

Comprehensive collection of television advertising since the 1950s and Internet in 2004.  Fascinating!  Check out http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/.

New Mexico state data

See how New Mexico compares with other states in terms of government management, according to the 2008 Government Performance Project.  Their report focuses on information, people, money and infrastructure.  It can be downloaded at: http://www.governing.com/gpp/2008/index.htm.