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- EIN 23-7104508
- (202) 588-1000
- 1600 20th St Nw Washington DC 20009-1001 USA
- www.citizen.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: Work for consumer rights
Programs: Public information and education - public citizen is active in every public forum: congress, the courts, government agencies, and the news media. Public citizen believes that full disclosure of government information empowers citizens and consumers. All of public citizen's communication and outreach efforts aim to make information about health care, transportation, climate change, international trade, nuclear waste and reactor safety, renewable energy, government and corporate accountability and related issues accessible to ordinary citizens. If necessary, public citizen uses the courts to ensure fair access to information.
congress watch - this program seeks to curb the influence of special interest dollars that corrupt the political process and publicize corporate welfare expenditures that lard the federal budget, works for campaign finance reform and tough lobby registration requirements, champions consumer legislation including areas of transportation policy, lobbies to strengthen health and safety standards.
global trade watch - acting on its belief that so called "free trade" treaties cost u. S. Jobs, reduce wages, undermine our democratic rights, and jeopardize health, safety, and the environment, global trade watch leads a national coalition of environmental, consumer, labor, religious, and family farm groups united against the corporate push for globalization through treaties such as the north american free trade agreement (nafta) and the world trade organization (wto) agreements.