Government Operations

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.
http://www.fas.org/

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.
http://www.commoncause.org

Congressional Accountability Project - Ralph Nader organization working against corruption in the US Congress by pushing for ethics violation investigations, increased transparency and other reforms.
http://www.congressproject.org

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." <small>(March 27, 2000)</small>
http://www.fair.org/activism/cnn-psyops.html

Going Postal: An Inside Look at the USPS - A story of four years of hell as a US Post Office letter carrier.
http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/carluccienterprises/

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.
http://www.marmalade.net/lime/

USDOJ and Government Watch - Breaking news and issues on constitutional abuse by the US Department of Justice, INS and other government agencies.
http://www.dojgov.net

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.
http://www.usasurvival.org/

AgainstAmerica - Forum for all people concerned discussing American imperialism, culture and injustice on the rest of the world
http://www.againstamerica.com

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.
http://members.tripod.com/usa_rights/

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."
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2191/FBI.htm

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.
http://www.cgs.org/

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.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/government/index.shtml

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.
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1950/mkultra/Hearing05.htm

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.
http://trac.syr.edu/index.html

Center for Public Integrity - Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in Washington, DC, that concentrates on ethics and public service issues.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/

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.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/29/surveillance/

The Taxpayer Assets Project - Founded by Ralph Nader in 1988 to monitor the management and sale of government property.
http://www.tap.org/

Big Brother - Argues that government control has increased at the expense of individual liberties in the US and the world at large.
http://www.shire.net/big.brother/

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.
http://www.promethea.org/argus/

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.
http://www.uscfr.com/

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.
http://www.bettergov.org

Transparency International - A non-governmental organisation dedicated to increasing government accountability and curbing corruption.
http://www.transparency.org/

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.
http://www.opensecrets.org/

The Memory Hole - Includes documents released under the US Freedom of Information Act that reveal government activities rarely reported by the mainstream media.
http://thememoryhole.org/

The True Size of Government - Article discusses the actual size of the United States Federal workforce.
http://govexec.com/features/0199/0199s1.htm

Public Governance and Management, OECD - Topics include regulatory reform, public sector budgeting and management, sustainable development, citizen participation in policymaking, and fighting corruption.
http://www.oecd.org/governance/

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.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/13/drugs/index.html

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.
http://www.pogo.org/