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Issues related to how governments are run, including accountability to the people, government corruption, public sector ethics, campaign finance, secrecy (and freedom of information), civil service reform, and government acquisition and retention of lands.


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Government Accountability Project: Whistleblower Support - Whistleblowing, governmental wrongdoing and official misconduct.
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Transparency International - A non-governmental organisation dedicated to increasing government accountability and curbing corruption.
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Ombudsmen To Promote Government Integrity - Non-profit tax deductible organization devoted to correcting corruption in government through educating the public and investigative work.
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Federation of American Scientists - Involved in a variety of projects, including monitoring arms sales and weapons development, cyberstrategy, intelligence reform, military analysis, nuclear weapons, space policy, and monitoring emerging diseases.
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Project on Government Oversight - A non-partisan non-profit government watchdog whose mission is to investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement, and government subservience to special interests by the federal government.
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Common Cause - Citizens' lobbying group with 250,000 members nationwide devoted to making government more accountable and ethical at the national, state and local level. Widely regarded as the leading organization working for campaign finance reform.
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Postal Watch - A Virginia based not-for-profit organization formed to protect individuals and the small business community from intrusive and burdensome United States Postal Service regulations.
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Public Dialogue and Citizens' Bureaux in Sweden - Like many other industrialized countries, Sweden is entering into a new society where the emphasis is increasingly put on the importance of knowledge for development. This has created a new climate for public administration.
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Government Purchasing Project - Dedicated to protecting the environment and human health through the effective use of purchasing power in addition to traditional advocacy. GPP works to encourage the government to use its immense purchasing power to promote safe, cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally-sound products.
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The Taxpayer Assets Project - Founded by Ralph Nader in 1988 to monitor the management and sale of government property.
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Better Government Association - Originally founded 75 years ago to fight the pernicious influence of Chicago's Capone mob. Today continues to investigate waste, fraud and corruption in politics and government.
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Center for Reform - Dedicated to educating and assisting the public in constructive citizenship, with a strong anti-government bent. Site features newsletters, reports, and essays on current issues.
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America for Sale? - Site charges that "America and its laws are for sale to the highest bidder." Police, county, state, and government abuse stories and discussion.
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America's Survival, Inc. - Mission is to expose and educate the American people about the influence of global institutions, including an International Criminal Court, on their lives. Run by Cliff Kincaid.
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How Congress Bypasses the People - Column using the Low Power FM issue to demonstrate how U.S. politicians maneuver against the public interest. By Ralph Nader.
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The F.B.I (Fumbling Bumbling Idiots) - Alleges that the FBI has been responsible for a "vast array of criminal actions, incompetence and arrogance that has leaked from nearly every department."
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Why Were Government Propaganda Experts Working On News At CNN? - Reports in the Dutch newspaper Trouw and France's Intelligence Newsletter have revealed that several officers from the US Army's 4th Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Group at Ft. Bragg worked in the news division at CNN's Atlanta headquarters last year, starting in the final days of the Kosovo War... A senior US official described OPD as a "vast psychological warfare operation of the kind the military conducts to influence a population in enemy territory."
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USDOJ and Government Watch - Breaking news and issues on constitutional abuse by the US Department of Justice, INS and other government agencies.
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Prime-Time Propaganda - The Clinton Administration has admitted to paying the television networks to give the government editorial control of television shows. Not a joke.
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ConfidentialWitness.org - A confidential, secure and anonymous website to report knowledge of ethical or legal transgressions (e.g. corruption/bribery/extortion) by the government and/or judges. A project of Judicial Watch.
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National Security Archive - Research institute and library that collects and publishes declassified documents acquired using the Freedom of Information Act.
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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse - Uses the Freedom of Information Act to acquire data and trends information on the enforcement activities of the federal government including the FBI, IRS, Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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CIA Testing LSD on Citizens - Stansfield Turner's testimony at 1977 Senate Hearing on the subject of this agency using Lysergic Acid on unwitting subjects.
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Surveillance Enabling - Salon article supporting the view that U.S. agencies share with international policing community, what activists to watch out for, even when only misdemeanors occurred.
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Argus - A resource dedicated to exposing corruption, civil rights violations, genocide, and other forms of political oppression around the world, by providing reviewed links to useful sources on abusive and dangerous authority.
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Almanac of Policy Issues: Government Reform - Background information and links on government reform issues, including campaign finance reform, term limits, devolution, government performance (GPRA), and regulatory reform.
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NoPolygraph.com - Documents polygraph false positive cases and provides information on FBI and other government agencies' polygraph policies. Features an active message board.
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Computerworld: Watching Washington - News on government policies that affect information technology.
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Big Brother - Argues that government control has increased at the expense of individual liberties in the US and the world at large.
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Center for Public Integrity - Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in Washington, DC, that concentrates on ethics and public service issues.
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OpenSecrets.org - Presenting political news, and the actual political positions of the parties and candidates, as well as disclosing how much campaign money they have raised and where it came from.
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Center for Governmental Studies - Non-profit, non-partisan organization that studies and helps implement innovative approaches to improving social problems and the processes of self-government in the areas of political reform, media and civic participation, and sustainable communities.
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Congressional Accountability Project - Ralph Nader organization working against corruption in the US Congress by pushing for ethics violation investigations, increased transparency and other reforms.
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AgainstAmerica - Forum for all people concerned discussing American imperialism, culture and injustice on the rest of the world
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The Problems of Not Having a TV in the UK. - An example of how people who do not have televisions are treated by the British Television Licensing Authority.
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Public Governance and Management, OECD - Topics include regulatory reform, public sector budgeting and management, sustainable development, citizen participation in policymaking, and fighting corruption.
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Going Postal: An Inside Look at the USPS - A story of four years of hell as a US Post Office letter carrier.
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The True Size of Government - Article discusses the actual size of the United States Federal workforce.
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The Memory Hole - Includes documents released under the US Freedom of Information Act that reveal government activities rarely reported by the mainstream media.
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