Alliance for Redesigning Government
Links to projects, reinvention and national performance review information from the National Academy of Public Administration.

American Society for Public Administration
ASPA is a professional association with a membership of more than 10,000 practitioners, scholars, teachers and students involved in public administration.

Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity's mission is to provide the American public with the findings of its investigations and analyses of public service, government accountability and ethics-related issues via books, reports and newsletters.

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)
Citizens Against Government Waste is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to educating Americans about the waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government.

Common Cause
Common Cause is a nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization promoting open, honest and accountable government. Supported by the dues and contributions of over 250,000 members in every state across the nation, Common Cause represents the unified voice of the people against corruption in government and big money special interests.

Congressional Accountability Project
A nonprofit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1982 by Ralph Nader, which provides information to the public on important topics neglected by the mass media and policy makers.

Florida Government Accountability Report
The Florida Government Accountability Report describes what Florida's state government does and how effective it is in meeting the needs of Florida's citizens. Legislators and the public now have free, direct access to an Internet service that monitors the activities and performance of almost 400 state government agencies and programs.

Government Accountability Project (GAP)
The mission of GAP is to protect the public interest and promote government and corporate accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers and empowering citizen activists.

Government Watchdog Links
An extensive list of links to nongovernment organizations whose primary mission is to hold the U.S. government accountable.

GPRA Report: News and Analysis of the Government Performance
and Results Act (GPRA)
History, analysis and informative data and background information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

The National Whistleblower Center
A nonprofit educational and advocacy organization committed to environmental protection, nuclear safety, civil rights, government accountability and protecting the rights of employee whistleblowers.

National Security Archive (George Washington University)
The National Security Archive was founded in 1985 by a group of journalists and scholars who had obtained documentation from the U.S. government under the Freedom of Information Act and sought a centralized repository for these materials. Over the years, the Archive has become the world's largest nongovernmental library of declassified documents.

Open Secrets.org: The Online Source for Money in Politics Data
Financial disclosure information from the Center for Responsive Politics. Also see the special focus on contributions to the 2000 national election

Performance Report Scorecard: Which Federal Agencies Inform the Public?
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) reports, evaluated by George Mason University's Mercatus Center research team.

Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit government watchdog, whose mission is to investigate, expose and remedy abuses of power, mismanagement and government subservience to special interests by the federal government.

Public Citizen
Founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, focusing on safer drugs and medical devices, cleaner and safer energy sources, a cleaner environment, fair trade and a more open and democratic government.

United States Department of Justice Office of Information and Privacy (OIP)
The Office of Information and Privacy is the principal contact point within the executive branch for advice and policy guidance on matters pertaining to the administration of the Freedom of Information Act.

United States Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges Law Library: Whistleblower Collection
A searchable database of documents concerning government accountability.

United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
The OGE prevents and resolves conflicts of interest and fosters high ethical standards for federal employees, as well as strengthens the public's confidence that the government's business is conducted with impartiality and integrity.

Fundamental U.S. Documents

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