The goal of ParentAdvocates.org
is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
Mission Statement
is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
Mission Statement
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The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
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Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California) Wants Bush's Government Opened Up, and More Accountable
Waxman seeks reversal of Bush administration secrecy actions
LINK The congressman introduced a bill to strengthen open government laws weakened under the Bush administration, and released a report detailing why reform is needed. Sep. 16, 2004 -- Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), citing what he calls the Bush administration's "unprecedented assault on the laws that make our government open and accountable, " introduced a bill Tuesday to make government records more open to the public. The bill, called the Restore Open Government Act, would reinstate Clinton-era federal FOI Act policy, which advocated a strong presumption in favor of documents' release. That presumption ended Oct. 12, 2001, when U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft told the heads of all federal departments and agencies that they could be "assured that the Department of Justice will defend your decisions [to withhold requested government records from FOI Act requesters] unless they lack a sound legal basis . . . ." Waxman's bill also would amend the Homeland Security Act, which prohibits disclosure to FOI requesters of information voluntarily given to the government by banks, Internet providers, water and sewer plants -- anyone contributing to the nation's "critical infrastructure." Waxman's proposal would narrow that confidentiality provision, offering it only for information that might compromise critical infrastructure security. Line-by-line redaction of exempt data would put FOI Act disclosure or critical infrastructure information in line with other government document disclosure. The bill also would revoke President Bush's Executive Order 13233, which weakened the Presidential Records Act by making it easier for current and former presidents to indefinitely stall the release of former presidential papers. Another provision of the bill would expand the requirements for presidential interagency advisory committees to release records under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to clearly cover executive branch task forces such as Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force. Cheney outraged open government advocates and became the subject of litigation when he refused to release records showing what private entities advised the task force. That case is currently on remand to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., from the U.S. Supreme Court. Other provisions in Waxman's bill would create a federal policy against the overclassification of documents and expand a plaintiff's ability to recover attorneys fees for successful FOI Act litigation. Waxman also released an 81-page report, Secrecy in the Bush Administration , that complements his bill by detailing the evolution of government secrecy under President Bush. The report provides an in-depth discussion of the Bush administration's activities that inspired the proposed reforms. -- RL Other links: Report: Secrecy in the Bush administration Restore Open Government Act of 2004 |
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