Public Accountability Initiative
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| Founded | January 2009 |
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| Website | littlesis |
The Public Accountability Initiative (PAI) is an American nonprofit watchdog organization investigating corporate and government accountability.[1][2][3] Founded in 2008 and based in Buffalo, New York, it operates the volunteer-run online database LittleSis, described by its co-founder "an involuntary Facebook for influential people".[4][5][6] LittleSis, a play on the authoritarian Big Brother from George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, was funded by a grant from the Sunlight Foundation and launched in January 2009.[7][4] By August of that year it included profiles and financial information on over 28,000 individuals and 10,000 organizations.[4]
References
- ↑ Woodall, Candy (October 28, 2015). "Wolf administration says new study on pipeline task force is 'way off'" (in en). PennLive. https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2015/10/wolf_administration_says_new_s.html.
- ↑ Begos, Kevin (June 16, 2013). "Report faults Heinz Endowments head for gas ties" (in en). WTAE. Associated Press. https://www.wtae.com/article/report-faults-heinz-endowments-head-for-gas-ties/7461731.
- ↑ Summerson, Mia (March 25, 2017). "Public accountability report takes aim at National Fuel" (in en). Niagara Gazette. https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/public-accountability-report-takes-aim-at-national-fuel/article_30dbb94e-6dee-57ca-992e-05873090e826.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Watson, Stephen T. (August 30, 2009). "LittleSis keeps Big Brother in his place. Web site exposes ties among the powerful" (in en). The Buffalo News. https://buffalonews.com/news/littlesis-keeps-big-brother-in-his-place-web-site-exposes-ties-among-the-powerful/article_5d921719-93de-5faa-aae5-015d717e77dd.html.
- ↑ Estes, Adam Clark (July 13, 2009). "How do health care lobby dollars match influence in Congress?" (in en-us). https://bigboards.io/.
- ↑ Jaffe, Sarah (September 1, 2017). "LittleSis is Watching the One Percent". The Baffler. https://thebaffler.com/interviews-for-resistance/littlesis-watching-the-one-percent.
- ↑ Klonick, Kate (March 19, 2009). "Profiles of Power" (in en). https://archives.cjr.org/campaign_desk/profiles_of_power.php.
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