Government Accountability Groups

1.7. Government Accountability Groups

Common Cause
Works for honest, open, and accountable government, encourages citizen participation in democracy, and fights against corruption in government and big money special interests.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
Sues government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests.
Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) - OpenSecrets.org
Tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy.
Project On Government Oversight (POGO)
Investigates and exposes cases of waste, fraud, and abuse in federal agencies.
OMB Watch
A research, education, and advocacy organization that focuses on budget issues, regulatory policy, nonprofit policy, nonprofit advocacy, access to government information, and activities at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
National Security Archive
An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. that collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Government Accountability Project (GAP)
Promotes government and corporate accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers, and empowering citizen activists.
National Whistleblower Center
Works to ensure that disclosures about government or industry actions that violate the law or harm the environment are fully heard, and that the whistleblowers who risk their careers to expose wrongdoing are defended.
National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC)
An alliance of whistleblowers who have come forward to address our nation’s security weaknesses; to inform authorities of security vulnerabilities in our intelligence agencies, at nuclear power plants and weapon facilities, in airports, and at our nation’s borders and ports; to uncover government waste, fraud, abuse, and criminal conduct.
Fund for Constitutional Government (FCG)
Works to expose and correct corruption in the federal government and other major national institutions through research and public education.
Justice At Stake Campaign
Works to keep our courts fair and impartial by educating the public and working for reforms to keep politics and special interests out of the courtrooms — so judges can do their job protecting our Constitution, our rights and the rule of law.
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy courtrooms(ACS)
An organization of lawyers, law students, scholars, judges, policymakers, and activists that works to ensure that our country’s founding values of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice enjoy their rightful, central place in American law.
Center for Progressive Reform (CPR)
An organization of university-affiliated academics with expertise in the legal, economic, and scientific issues related to regulation of health, safety, and the environment that seeks to inform policy debates, critique anti-regulatory research, enhance public understanding of the issues, and open the regulatory process to public scrutiny.