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	Public Interest Watch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Public Interest Watch (PIW) was established in September 2002 by Mike Hardiman, the principal of the public relations and lobbying company Hardiman Consulting.
		PIW's proposals echo the views advanced by Gary Johns from the Australian corporate think-tank, the Institute of Public Affairs at an American Enterprise Institute seminar.
		Public Interest Watch, "Charity Watch Dog Blasts Non-Profit Hospital's PR 'Spin Campaign': Taxpayers Shouldn't Be Forced to Subsidize Effort to Mislead Public", Media Release, November 15, 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Public_Interest_Watch (1664 words)

	Judicial Watch
		Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it filed a lawsuit on February 22, 2006 against the Department of Defense to force the release of a video that allegedly shows United Flight 77 striking the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
		Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service for failing to release White House visitor logs that reflect the entries and exits of lobbyist Jack Abramoff to and from the White House.
		Judicial Watch, the public interest group that fights government corruption, reacted today to reports that the Federal Election Commission, in response to a Judicial Watch complaint, has fined Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign $35,000 for failing to accurately report $721,895 in contributions from former Judicial Watch client Peter Paul.
	www.judicialwatch.org (514 words)

	Action warehouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Public Interest Watch says that Action Warehouse is Greenpeace's secret warehouse, located at 3133 Pensky Drive in Hyattsville in suburban Washington, D.C. United States, used to coordinate its controversial actions.
		In a letter to the editor in the Washington Times, Greenpeace’s operations manager, Bill Richardson, ridiculed PIW’s claim that the warehouse location was secret.
		Washington Times about the Action Warehouse - quotes from the Public Interest Watch news release above.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Action_warehouse (137 words)

	Public Interest Watch - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Public Interest Watch, "Charity Watch Dog Blasts Non-Profit Hospital's PR 'Spin Campaign': Taxpayers Shouldn't Be Forced to Subsidize Effort to Mislead Public (http://www.publicinterestwatch.org/press_11_13_02.htm)", Media Release, November 15, 2002.
		Public Interest Watch, "Greenpeace's Secret Warehouse Exposed (http://www.publicinterestwatch.org/press_5_19_04.htm)", Media Release, PR Newswire, May 19, 2004.
		Public Interest Watch, "Censorship by Google Threatens to Derail Library Project: (http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104andSTORY=/www/story/10-03-2005/0004158391andEDATE=) Universities' and Libraries' Decision to Partner With Google Inconsistent With Non-Profit Status; Censorship Conflicts With Institutions' Academic Mission", Media Release, October 3, 2005.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Public_Interest_Watch (1943 words)

	Greenpeace - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Acting on tip-offs from a shocked public, the New Zealand police quickly traced the bombing to Major Alain Mafart and Captain Dominique Prieur, members of the French armed forces posing as a Swiss honeymoon couple.
		Public Interest Watch says that co-ordination of Greenpeace's controversial actions in the USA takes place at the secret action warehouse in suburban Washington, D.C. Similar arrangements occur in other national offices.
		Along with other members of the activism industry, in the USA it also uses the services of the Fund for Public Interest Research.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /g/gr/greenpeace.html (2050 words)

	Forest Watch -- Public Land As Commonwealth
		And, the public has the obligation to see that private landowners properly use and care for the land, and thereby protect the public's interest in it.
		The public, acting through its government, does this by demonstrating good land stewardship to private landowners, enacting tax and economic incentives that enable private landowners to afford to be good stewards, and by enacting and enforcing land use laws and regulations.
		Public land acquisition is needed when private landowners lack the economic incentives to provide certain public goods and/or when they cannot be relied on to do so indefinitely.
	www.forestwatch.org /content.php?id=45 (871 words)

	Public Interest Law
		Columbia Law School graduates pursue many different avenues to public interest work, including entering the public sector directly after graduation, pursuing a judicial clerkship before entering the field, and working in a law firm that supports a strong pro bono practice before transitioning into the public sector.
		Whether a student's interest is in community economic development, immigration, children's rights or education law, women's rights, environmental law, international human rights, criminal law, management of a not-for-profit organization, or any other field, the Center helps find a meaningful project at a public interest law organization or government agency.
		The public interest community at Columbia thrives through the work of the many student organizations and journals that focus primarily on human rights and public interest issues.
	www.law.columbia.edu /jd_applicants/jd_prog/public_interest (845 words)

	OMB Watch - Public Interest Policy Information and Media Advocacy
		While this might suggest a heightened level of interest in a broader range of subjects, generating, in turn, a wider range of content, there may actually be less coverage of issues, particularly public interest topics, than one might think.
		Their findings basically show that guests on the programs are not likely to feature an abundance of public interest guests or perspectives, especially from the progressive community, instead favoring the views of government officials, politicians and candidates for office, and celebrity newsmakers.
		So, lack of coverage also means the public misses out on the innovations and good news produced or yielded by government efforts.This has had the effect, in some instances, of agencies themselves reducing (or eliminating) some of their resources for press, including their public information offices and the staff to man them.
	www.ombwatch.org /article/articleview/354/1/96?TopicID=1 (1525 words)

	Intimidating public interest groups - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Public Interest Watch (PIW) was launched in September 2002 by Mike Hardiman.
		Hardiman, the principal of the public relations and lobbying company Hardiman Consulting, was also a lobbyist for the 'wise use' group, the American Land Rights Association.
		In May 2003 the National Center for Public Policy Research, established the Envirotruth website, which it claims "sheds light on the environmentalist movement, offering information about their tactics, terrorist acts and fundraising machines." Like most of the other profiling sites, it is long on hype and short on details.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Intimidating_public_interest_groups (818 words)

	Public Interest Watch :: $1.1 Million Dollars in the Public Interest, or in Self-Interest? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thus, "public interest" non-profit law firms, such as EDC, sock it to taxpayers twice, first by being allowed to operate their law firms tax-free, and second by collecting attorney's fees, tax-free, from the very people they are supposed to be representing, the public.
		Clearly, this practice is ripe for government reform, but until legislation is enacted to prevent this type of activity, PIW challenges EDC, and every other non-profit public interest law firm who demands attorney's fees from taxpayer funded government entities, to operate like the majority of charities do, from charitable contributions, instead of litigated bounties.
		PIW is a 501(c)4 tax-exempt organization, which means contributions to PIW are not tax-deductible.
	sev.prnewswire.com /environmental-services/20050503/DCM07802052005-1.html (341 words)

	AEGiS-PRn: Public Interest Watch Condemns Doctors Without Borders for Creating New HIV Strains: Public Interest Watch ...
		Public Interest Watch Interim Executive Director Lewis Fein commented, "The cavalier response to this serious drug recall is astounding.
		Public Interest Watch calls on MSF to provide answers to the following question: Is MSF following provisions in the Human Declaration on Human Rights to obtain Informed Consent agreements from patients being administered generic drugs rather than branded products?
		Public Interest Watch is a 501 (C)4 nonprofit organization that spotlights abuses of public funds by nonprofit groups and private industry.
	www.aegis.com /news/PR/2004/PR041130.html (562 words)

	Shark Blog: "Public Interest" Law Firm?
		Some of Public Advocates' activities may indeed perform valuable services for poor people who might not otherwise be able to afford representation (although I think a lot of people might question how many "immigrants" and "people of color" are actually poor and disadvantaged, and/or likely to benefit from Public Advocate's lawsuits).
		This would seem to be in the interest of underqualified aspiring teachers, not in the interest of the public.
		Fighting to secure public healthcare services for illegal aliens, at the expense, apparently, of members of the public who have a legal right to live in California and also require public health services.
	www.usefulwork.com /shark/archives/000385.html (379 words)

	La Follette Internship Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Congress Watch, a division of Public Citizen, is seeking interns for the 2004 Summer semester in Washington, D.C. Public Citizen, a national non-partisan 125,000 member-supported public interest group, was founded by Ralph Nader in 1971.
		Congress Watch advocates before Congress and the Administration on consumer rights, government and corporate accountability, campaign finance reform, a clean environment, and health and safety protection through lobbying, public education, research and media outreach.
		The Congress Watch internship is designed to provide students with a better understanding of both the legislative process in the U.S. Congress and of hands-on public interest advocacy and policy work.
	www.lafollette.wisc.edu /careerdevelopment/internships/database/showInternship.asp?ID=91 (288 words)

	Cleveland.com: Health Forum
		Not the least of the problems is that this inherently corrupt system provides a strong disincentive to "individualize" or "tailor" therapy, based on laboratory testing, because such individualized treatment removes the oncologist's "freedom to choose" from between a large number of different possible drug regimens, with wildly differing profit margins.
		PIW Interim Executive Director Lewis Fein stated, "Ketchum's conduct in this matter appears to be so blatantly unethical that it defies explanation.
		Public Interest Watch was established to spotlight abuses of public funds by non-profit organizations and private industry.
	www.cleveland.com /forums/health/index.ssf?artid=191 (414 words)

	Sinclair Media Watch
		Bowen said Sinclair Media Watch is partnering with Free Press, a national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates, and to generate policies that will produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media system with a strong nonprofit and noncommercial sector.
		In return, they are required to "serve the public interest, convenience and necessity," according to FCC regulations.
		The deadline for public comment to the FCC on the license-renewal of WLOS is Nov. 1, 2004.
	www.sinclairwatch.net /about.shtml (434 words)

	Portfolio Options
		Watch the video concerning one exchange partnership between Kettering, Ohio and Silistra, Bulgaria.
		Assuming you are a taxpayer/citizen of Kettering, make two opposing arguments: A. the exchange is in the public interest and B. it is not in the public interest--basing each on one of the five perspectives of public in PA (pp.
		If so, draft a commentary that compares/contrasts prevailing sense of “public interest” between/among those regions/ Cite examples and then speculate about reasons for differences.
	academic.udayton.edu /richardghere/MPA500_X/Chapters/chap1/po1.htm (248 words)

	Public interest groups Announce Formation of CPA-Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The CPA Watch will push for an open planning process, and for the California Power Authority to use its formidable bond issuing authority to promote clean energy.
		Greenpeace, Global Exchange and Public Citizen are asking the new Board of Directors to provide the schedule so that we can start organizing the constituencies that they need to hear from.
		Many public interest groups were not happy with the representation on the new Board that Governor Davis appointed two weeks ago.
	www.greenpeace.org /usa/press/releases/public-interest-groups-announc (453 words)

	OMB Watch - General Info - Public Interest Hall of Fame -
		OMB Watch was founded in 1983 to lift the veil of secrecy shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which oversees regulation, the federal budget, information collection and dissemination, and much more.
		OMB Watch now concentrates on four policy areas: budget and government performance; the regulatory process; government secrecy; and policies affecting the nonprofit sector, particularly relating to free speech.
		She recently co-authored a publication on fees paid to foundation trustees and is the editor of a new book, Shafted: Free Trade and America's Working Poor.
	www.ombwatch.org /article/archive/270 (3207 words)

	Public Interest Classes
		To ensure that students are ready to work in the real—and constantly changing—legal world, Columbia's course selections address public interest topics from the full spectrum of legal perspectives, from trial practice to legal philosophy.
		Today, the Law School is a particularly vibrant place for learning, with faculty delving into exciting new forms of public interest advocacy, such as action-oriented research, collaborative problem solving, and other alternatives to litigation.
		Public interest education at Columbia reflects its many international law faculty members whose scholarship and practice focus on the public sphere.
	www.law.columbia.edu /center_program/public_interest/continuum/classes (359 words)

	Greenpeace Accused of Violating Tax Law -- 09/23/2003
		Public Interest Watch of Washington, D.C., formally filed the IRS complaint Monday, asking the federal agency to investigate Greenpeace's non-profit financial practices.
		According to PIW's report, the tax-subsidized division of Greenpeace failed to follow federal non-profit tax guidelines regarding its educational and charitable activities.
		The PIW report maintains that Greenpeace diverted over $24 million between its various entities over a three-year period for activities that did not qualify under federal law as tax exemptions.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200309\NAT20030923b.html (706 words)

	PUBPAT News > PUBPAT Announces Microsoft Patent Watch
		An early result of PUBPAT's Microsoft Patent Watch efforts was the request for reexamination filed by PUBPAT in April asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review and ultimately revoke Microsoft's key patent on the FAT File System.
		The Public Patent Foundation ("PUBPAT") is a not-for-profit legal services organization working to protect the public from the harms caused by the patent system.
		PUBPAT provides the general public, particularly those persons or businesses otherwise deprived of access to the system governing patents, with representation, advocacy, and education.
	www.pubpat.org /Microsoft_Patent_Watch.htm (315 words)

	Feminist Job Listing: Senior Researcher/Investigator, Public Citizen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Congress Watch, a division of the Washington, D.C., public interest group, Public Citizen, is accepting applications for the position of Senior Researcher/Investigator.
		We are looking for someone with a strong commitment to the public interest.
		Congress Watch works for consumer rights, government and corporate accountability, campaign finance reform, a clean environment, and health and safety protections through public education, research, media outreach and advocacy.
	www.feminist.org /911/jobs/jobdescription.asp?jobID=5327 (196 words)

	Public Interest is Usually Special Interest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They argue that most people aren't aware of all the benefits they will receive from the project, or that the project is a public good and deserves support on that basis.
		But you would be amazed at the number of projects that are funded at public expense because they are supposedly public goods.
		There are many other examples of special interest groups seeking public funds for goods and services that primarily benefit them.
	www.libertyhaven.com /theoreticalorphilosophicalissues/protectionismpopulismandinterventionism/publicinterest.html (743 words)

	An Open-ended Attack on the Public Interest - Center for Media and Democracy
		Before Contributions Watch, SAC had previously created "University Research," another entity which scouted at the state level for any dirty laundry on political opponents and public interest groups.
		McCloud's proposal targeted 15 public interest organizations, including Consumers Union (CU), Public Citizen and Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), with more to be added.
		Under terms of the proposal, Contributions Watch was to be a "document review team," preparing a "monthly verbal report" and "document packages" for Philip Morris, providing information about the targeted consumer groups including "IRS form 990; audited financial statements; state charitable forms;...
	www.prwatch.org /prwissues/1996Q3/attack.html (1394 words)

	Public Citizen's Congress Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Public Citizen's Congress Watch is reaching out in the hopes of finding excellent candidates to fill our open positions.
		Public Citizen is a 125,000-member national consumer advocacy organization.
		We are looking for people with a strong public interest commitment.
	www.ph.ucla.edu /hs/jobs_public_03_28_03.html (243 words)

	Public Opinion Watch - Feb. 2, 2005 - Center for American Progress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They are favored over the Republicans on: for the middle class (+21); equality (+19), a better life for middle class America (+17); cares about people (+16); putting the public interest first (+13); fairness (+11) and a number of other areas including being 24 points less likely to be associated with greed.
		They will not be able to generate that much political progress from the indisputable fact that the public, in many important ways, is not with the Bush program if Democrats cannot convey to the public what they stand for and what their vision for the future is.
		Polls show that the public thinks Social Security faces major problems, but does not believe it is in a "crisis." Moreover, the public is less likely to believe Social Security system needs a complete overhaul or major change than that the health or education systems need such change.
	www.americanprogress.org /site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=312836 (2228 words)

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