POLITICS & ELECTIONS (Federal)

POLITICS & ELECTIONS

Federal Election Commission

www.vote-smart.org
PVS was inaugurated in 1992 by national leaders as diverse as former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, former U.S. Senators Barry Goldwater and George McGovern, and former U.S. Representatives Newt Gingrich and Geraldine Ferraro. All Founding Board members must join with an ideological opposite to provide balance and ensure strict impartiality in PVS programs and materials. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, PVS is funded exclusively through private donations by over 45,000 members, and grants from private philanthropic foundations, including the Carnegie, Ford, Pew and Revson Foundations and others.

www.opensecrets.org
The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large. The Center’s work is aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government. Support for the Center comes from a combination of foundation grants and individual contributions. The Center accepts no contributions from businesses or labor unions.

http://www.publicintegrity.org/tools.aspx
The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization that conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world. The Center was founded in 1989 by Charles Lewis following a successful 11-year career in network television news. Through thorough, thoughtful and objective analyses, the Center hopes to serve as an honest broker of information – and to inspire a better-informed citizenry to demand a higher level of accountability from its government and elected leaders.

www.campaignfinance.org
The Campaign Finance Information Center is dedicated to helping journalists follow the campaign money trail -- on the national, state and local levels. Through seminars, our Tracker newsletter and this Web site, CFIC provides a forum on the latest developments in which journalists can learn from one other. Our training provides keys to the nuances of campaign finance and its influence on contracts, jobs and legislation. In our seminars we teach journalists news gathering and database skills they need to do in-depth, original reporting that goes far beyond the numbers (affiliated with the Missouri School of Journalism.)

Bill Moyers' "NOW" (PBS) on politics, elections, 527's, media coverage & more--
www.pbs.org/now/archive_politics.html

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