Citizens For Responsibility And Ethics In Washington Inc

Programs: Education: the organization has worked to educate the public about unethical conduct on the part of public officials by publicizing these actions. The organization's activities have been noted in stories appearing in newspapers and magazines and broadcast media throughout the country. The organization also maintains websites that publicize its activities. The organization's executive director regularly appears in print media and on television and radio shows discussing government ethics issues.

legal: the organization has inititated freedom of information act requests seeking information regarding potential ethical violations on the part of high level government officials. The organization has lawsuits pending in federal court over the government's failure to respond to some of those requests. The organization has also filed amicus briefs in court cases involving government ethics issues. The organization has filed numerous complaints with the federal election commission concerning elected officials' violations of federal campaign finance laws. The organization has prepared several ethics complaints against members of congress. The organization has prepared and publicly released numerous reports based on its research and on documents obtained through litigation against the federal government. The organization has created a database of government documents to allow citizens to search, review, and tag documents of interest.

colorado ethics watch: the organization has worked to educate the public about unethical conduct on the part of public officials by publicizing these actions in the state of colorado. The organization's activities have been noted in stories appearing in newspapers magazines and broadcast media throughout colorado. The organization also maintains websites that publicize its activities. The organization has filed numerous complaints with state bodies concerning elected officials' violations of campaign finance laws. The organization has prepared several ethics complaints against members of the state legislature.