Policy: Websites
SpacePolicyOnline.com: News, Information & Analysis
SpacePolicyOnline.com is a website of the Space and Technology Policy Group, LLC, Arlington, VA led by Marcia S. Smith, an expert in Space Policy. It provides news, information and analysis about the policy aspects of the full scope of the U.S. space program -- civil (NASA, NOAA, FAA/OCST, and other civil agencies), military (DOD and the intelligence community), and commercial -- as well as international space activities and space law. Many excellent websites already exist about NASA's space activities, but the space program is much more than NASA.
Commerce News | SpaceRef - space news as it happens
Cowing maintains a large repository of news items related to commercial space at this site and at http://www.comspacewatch.com. This site includes mission press releases and status updates, all in date order. Cowing maintains the “home port” for news along with pithy commentary and new insights on many content items.
A Space Program for Americans, 2008
Globus has summarized his view of a space program that provides maximum near-term value for the US investment. It bears looking at and has some overlap with discussions underway regarding options for changes at NASA in the Obama administration.