This category houses links to organizations and groups which investigate, research and seek to hold the United States government accountable for it's actions.
Recommended Resources
Accountability organization which publishes information about governmental operations, particularly fraudulent conduct and questionable legislation and actions.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/
This organization is devoted to making government and how it operates more accountable and ethical at the national, state and local levels. Features issues and ways to become involved as an activist.
http://www.commoncause.org/
Government Accountability Office
Investigates Federal government spending in the United States. On their official website, you can find copies of all of their reports, legal products, news, fraud and waste issues and more.
http://www.gao.gov/
The Open Secrets is a non-partisan organization that aims to show the influence of money on public policy and US elections. The website also has coverage on the influence of 527 Committees, members of Congress and Presidential candidates. The website also provides a great "Get Local" tool where you can see how political representatives from your area are affected by money.
http://www.opensecrets.org
Tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy to create a more educated voter, and involved citizenry.
http://www.opensecrets.org/
Money and politics tracking site. Follow Federal campaign finance, Federal lobbying and Federal legislation in one spot.
http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/
Project on Government Oversight
Serves as a government watchdog with a mandate to investigate, expose, and remedy abuses of power and mismanagement.
http://www.pogo.org/
Seeks to challenge the excessive reach of government operations and to promote public oversight of intelligence, as well as national security.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/
Provides online access to the inside of Congress, the White House, and state legislatures. Includes an officials directory, current legislation index, action alerts, and an election guide. Readers can receive information on their own elected officials by entering their zip code.
http://www.congress.org/
The Center for Governmental Studies
CGS is a non-profit organization that researches and reports, as well as helps to implement approaches to government operations.
http://www.cgs.org/
The Memory Hole is a non-profit organization which provides documents released under the US Freedom of Information Act that reveal government operations and activities rarely reported by the mainstream media.
http://thememoryhole.org/
Details news and statistics about politicians and their campaigns for office. Includes information about the public financing system and ways to hold politicians accountable.
http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/
