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AgainstAmerica
Forum for all people concerned discussing American imperialism, culture and injustice on the rest of the world
Almanac of Policy Issues: Government Reform
http://www.policyalmanac.org/government/index.shtml
Background information and links on government reform issues, including campaign finance reform, term limits, devolution, government performance (GPRA), and regulatory reform.
America for Sale?
http://members.tripod.com/usa_rights/
Site charges that 'America and its laws are for sale to the highest bidder.' Police, county, state, and government abuse stories and discussion.
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.
Argus
http://www.promethea.org/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.
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.
Big Brother
http://www.shire.net/big.brother/
Argues that government control has increased at the expense of individual liberties in the US and the world at large.
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.
Center for Public Integrity
http://www.publicintegrity.org/
Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in Washington, DC, that concentrates on ethics and public service issues.
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.
CIA Testing LSD on Citizens
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1950/mkultra/Hearing05.htm
Stansfield Turner's testimony at 1977 Senate Hearing on the subject of this agency using Lysergic Acid on unwitting subjects.
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.
Congressional Accountability Project
http://www.congressproject.org
Ralph Nader organization working against corruption in the US Congress by pushing for ethics violation investigations, increased transparency and other reforms.
Federation of American Scientists
Topics covered include arms sales monitoring, biological weapons, cyberstrategy, intelligence reform, military analysis, monitoring emerging diseases, nuclear weapons, secrecy and government, and space policy. Also has links to various Washington-based working groups.
Going Postal: An Inside Look at the USPS
http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/carluccienterprises/
A story of four years of hell as a US Post Office letter carrier.
Government Accountability Project: Whistleblower Support
Whistleblowing, governmental wrongdoing and official misconduct.
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.
Ombudsmen To Promote Government Integrity
Non-profit tax deductible organization devoted to correcting corruption in government through educating the public and investigative work.
Opensecrets.org
The web site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit U.S. research group which tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government.
Prime-Time Propaganda
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/13/drugs/index.html
The Clinton Administration has admitted to paying the television networks to give the government editorial control of television shows. Not a joke.
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.
Public Dialogue and Citizens' Bureaux in Sweden
http://www.statskontoret.se/gol-democracy/sweden.htm
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.
Public Governance and Management, OECD
http://www.oecd.org/governance/
Topics include regulatory reform, public sector budgeting and management, sustainable development, citizen participation in policymaking, and fighting corruption.
Surveillance Enabling
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/29/surveillance/
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.
The F.B.I (Fumbling Bumbling Idiots)
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2191/FBI.htm
Alleges that the FBI has been responsible for a 'vast array of criminal actions, incompetence and arrogance that has leaked from nearly every department.'