WHO WE ARE. The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit newsroom investigating inequity and holding powerful interests accountable. Readers like you help us tackle inequity and threats to democracy and equip the public to make change.

May 4, 2010 · Watchdog list. Click here for a list of the current 73 federal or congressional agencies that hire independent watchdogs to guard against waste, fraud and abuse, protect whistleblowers, and audit the finances of the U.S. government. Some of these watchdogs are appointed by the president and others are independently hired by federal agencies. Currently, …

Feb 23, 2024 · As the fight over immigration reached peak chaos in the U.S. Senate earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office held a press conference nearby. The director’s briefing about the latest economic forecast seemed disconnected from the political drama playing out a few blocks away. But its analysis was closely linked to immigration policy. The nonpartisan […]

Jan 18, 2006 · Below is a list of the most frequently asked questions and misconceptions about federal lobbying. What is lobbying? Federal statute defines lobbying as any communication made on behalf of a client to members of Congress, congressional staffers, the president, White House staff and high-level employees of nearly 200 agencies, regarding the formulation, modification, …

The problem | Our mission | Our expertise | Our values | Our impact | Our team The problem As the country has reached historic disparities in wealth and across a range of other measurements of well-being, Public Integrity is focusing its investigative reporting on inequality, a problem ingrained in the culture and economy of the U.S. since its founding. Our mission Public […]

Nov 21, 2005 · Indictment of a system By Elizabeth Brown and Alex Knott November 21, 2005 Study findings for “Indictment of a System” By The Center for Public Integrity November 21, 2005 527 Ad Spending Heavy in Midwestern States By Derek Willis September 23, 2004 527s attract new donors as others abandon system in wake of BCRA By […]

Public Integrity confronts inequality in education through solutions-oriented investigative reporting about discriminatory systems that harm students based on race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity. Using data analysis, narrative storytelling and historical context, we write about the connections between education and society’s approach to economic well …

May 16, 2024 · The group’s volunteers restarted registration drives this spring, after a nine-month pause. But Sandmire said the changes to ID requirements have meant the group has to turn away perhaps a third of eligible Idahoans they encounter who are interested in registering.

Jun 26, 2003 · Unlike any private attorney, the local prosecutor—be he district attorney, county attorney, or criminal district attorney—is an elected official whose office is constitutionally mandated and protected. Prosecutors are still subject to the Rules of Professional Responsibility, but they must police themselves at the trial court level because of their status as independent …

Charles Lewis, a former ABC News and CBS News “60 Minutes” producer, founded two Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit news organizations, the award-winning, nonprofit Center for Public Integrity (1989) and its International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (1997), the first global network of premier investigative reporters to develop and publish online multimedia exposés …