We know that your offices share the commitment of every group signing the letter below and we deeply appreciate the years of effort to create more accountability in government. Please let us know how we can participate to expeditiously complete this badly needed good government reform. Once the reconciled version becomes law, the real winners will be the public!
Sincerely,
Adele Kushner, Executive Director
Action for a Clean Environment
Pamela Miller, Director
*Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Dan Lawn, President
*Alaska Forum on Environmental Responsibility
Cindy Shogun, Executive Director
*Alaska Wilderness League
Susan Gordon, Director
*Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
Rochelle Becker, Executive Director
Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
Gil Mileikowsky, M.D.
Alliance for Patient Safety
Linda Lipsen, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs
American Association for Justice (AAJ)
Mary Alice Baish, Acting Washington Affairs Representative
American Association of Law Libraries
F. Patricia Callahan, President and General Counsel
American Association of Small Property Owners
John W. Curtis, Ph.D., Director of Research and Public Policy
*American Association of University Professors
Christopher Finan, president
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
Caroline Fredrickson, Director, Washington Legislative Office
American Civil Liberties Union
Michael D. Ostrolenk
*American Conservative Defense Alliance
Dr. Paul Connett, Executive Director
*American Environmental Health Studies Project, Inc.
John Gage, National President
American Federation of Government Employees
Charles M. Loveless, Director of Legislation
*American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Mary Ellen McNish, General Secretary
*American Friends Service Committee
Caitlin Love Hills, National Forest Program Director
*American Lands Alliance
Jessica McGilvray, Assistant Director
*American Library Association
Alexandra Owens, Executive Director
American Society of Journalists and Authors
Patricia Schroeder, President and CEO
*Association of American Publishers
Ms. Bobbie Paul, Executive Director
Atlanta WAND (Women's Action for New Directions)
Samuel H. Sage, President
*Atlantic States Legal Foundation, Inc.
Jay Stewart, Executive Director
*Better Government Association
Matthew Fogg, First Vice-President
*Blacks in Government
Nancy Talanian, Director
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Diane Wilson, President
*Calhoun County Resource Watch
Peter Scheer, Executive Director
*California First Amendment Association
Terry Franke, Executive Director
*Californians Aware
William Snape, Senior Counsel
Center for Biological Diversity
Charlie Cray, Director
Center for Corporate Policy
Gregory T. Nojeim, Senior Counsel and
Director, Project on Freedom, Security & Technology
Center for Democracy and Technology
Joseph Mendelson III, Legal Director
*Center for Food Safety
J . Bradley Jansen, Director
Center for Financial Privacy and Human Rights
Paul Kurtz, Chairman
*Center for Inquiry
Robert E. White, President
*Center for International Policy
Merrill Goozner, Director
Integrity in Science
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Linda Lazarus, Director
Center to Advance Human Potential
Craig Williams, Director
*Chemical Weapons Working Group & Common Ground
Leonard Akers
*Citizens Against Incineration at Newport
Evelyn M. Hurwich, President and Chair
Circumpolar Conservation Union
David B. McCoy, Executive Director
Citizen Action New Mexico
Doug Bandow, Vice President for Policy
*Citizen Outreach
Deb Katz, Executive Director
Citizens Awareness Network
Barbara Warren, Executive Director
*Citizens' Environmental Coalition
Elaine Cimino
*Citizens for Environmental Safeguards
Gerard Beloin
*Citizens for Judicial Reform
Laura Olah, Executive Director
*Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger
Anne Hemenway, Treasurer
*Citizen's Vote, Inc.
Rick Piltz
*Climate Science Watch
John Judge
Coalition on Political Assassinations
9/11 Research Project
Zena Crenshaw, 2nd Vice-Chair
3.5.7 Commission on Judicial Reform
Sarah Dufendach, Vice President for Legislative Affairs
Common Cause
Clarissa Duran, Director
Community Service Organization del Norte
Joni Arends, Executive Director
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Lokesh Vuyyuru, MD, Founder
*Concerned Citizens of Petersburg
Daniel Hirsch, Member, Executive Committee
Concerned Foreign Service Officers
Matthew Fogg, President
Congress Against Racism & Corruption in Law Enforcement (CARCLE)
Ellen Bloom, Director of Federal Policy
Ami Gadhia, Policy Counsel
Consumers Union
Bob Shavelson, Director
*Cook Inlet Keeper
John Issacs, Executive Director
*Council for a Livable World
Cathy Harris, Founder, Executive Director
*Customs Employees Against Discrimination Association
Mary Elizabeth Beetham, Director of Legislative Affairs
Defenders of Wildlife
Sue Udry, Director
Defending Dissent Foundation
Ben Smilowitz, Director
Disaster Accountability Project
Dr. Patrick Campbell
*Doctors against Fraud
Dr. Disamodha Amarasinghe
*Doctors for National Healthcare
James J. Murtagh, Jr., President
*Doctors for Open Government
Dr. John Raviotta
*Doctors for Reform of JCAHO
Stephen D'Esposito, President
*Earthworks
Thea Harvey, Executive Director
*Economists for Peace and Security
Lisa Walker, executive director
Education Writers Association
Gregory Hile
EnviroJustice
Chuck Broscious, President
Environmental Defense Institute
Judith Robinson, Director of Programs
*Environmental Health Fund
Peter Montague, Ph.D, Director
*Environmental Research Foundation
John Richard
Essential Information
George Anderson
Ethics in Government Group (EGG)
Janet Kopenhaver, Washington Representative
*Federally Employed Women (FEW)
Steven Aftergood, Project Director
Federation of American Scientists
Marilyn Fitterman, Vice President
Feminists For Free Expression
Ellen Donnett, Administrative Director
*Fluoride Action Network
Andrew D. Jackson, Asst. Campaign Coordinator
Focus-On-Indiana for Judicial Reform
Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director
Food and Water Watch
Bob Darby, Coordinator
Food Not Bombs/Atlanta
Andy Stahl
*Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE)
Tom Ferguson, Coordinator
Foundation for Global Community/Atlanta
Ruth Flower, Legislative Director
Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
Conrad Martin, Executive Director
Fund for Constitutional Government
Karyn Jones, Director
*G.A.S.P
Group to Alleviate Smoking Pollution
Gwen Marshall, Co-Chairman
Georgians for Open Government
Denny Larson, Executive Director
*Global Community Monitor
Paul F. Walker, Ph.D., Legacy Program Director
Global Green USA
(The US Affiliate of Green Cross International, Mikhail Gorbachev, Chairman)
Bill Owens, President
*The Glynn Environmental Coalition
Tom Devine, legal director
Government Accountability Project
Molly Johnson, Area Coordinator
Grandmothers for Peace, San Luis Obispo County Chapter
Alan Muller
*Green Delaware
Jenefer Ellingston
Green Party of the United States
James C. Turner, Executive Director
HALT, Inc. -- An Organization of Americans for Legal Reform
Tom Carpenter, Executive Director
Hanford Challenge
Arthur S. Shoor, President
*Healthcare Consultants
Helen Salisbury, M.D.
Health Integrity Project
Vanessa Pierce, Executive Director
*Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah)
Gerry Pollet
*Heart of America Northwest
Doug Tjapkes, President
*Humanity for Prisoners
Keith Robinson, Interim President
*Indiana Coalition for Open Government
Scott Armstrong, Executive Director
*Information Trust
Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D., President
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Donald Soeken, President
Integrity International
Michael McCray, Esq., Co-Chair
International Association of Whistleblowers
Mory Atashkar, Vice President
Iranian American Democratic Association
Mark S. Zaid
James Madison Project
John Metz, Executive Director
*JustHealth
Brett Kimberlin, Director
Justice Through Music
Elizabeth Crowe, Director
*Kentucky Environmental Foundation
Tom FitzGerald, Director
*Kentucky Resources Council, Inc.
James Love
*Knowledge Ecology International
Jonathon Moseley, Executive Director
*Legal Affairs Council
James Plummer
Liberty Coalition
Greg Mello, Executive Director
*Los Alamos Study Group
Dr. Janette Parker
*Medical Whistleblower
Jill McElheney, Founder
Micah's Mission
Ministry to Improve Childhood & Adolescent Health
Mary Treacy, Executive Director
*The Minnesota Coalition on Government Information
Helen Haskell
*Mothers Against Medical Error
Mark Cohn, President
*MPD Productions, Inc.
James Landrith, Founder
The Multiracial Activist
Larry Fisher, Founder
National Accountant Whistleblower Coalition
Tinsley H. Davis, Executive Director
National Association of Science Writers
Jim L. Jorgenson, Deputy Executive Director
*National Association of Treasury Agents
Dominick DellaSala, Ph.D., Executive Director of Programs and Chief Scientist
*National Center for Conservation Science & Policy
Joan E. Bertin, Esq., Executive Director
National Coalition Against Censorship
Russell Hemenway, President
*National Committee for an Effective Congress
Sally Greenberg, Executive Director
National Consumers League
Terisa E. Chaw, Executive Director
National Employment Lawyers Association
Andrew Jackson
National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc.
Paul Brown, Government Relations Manager
National Research Center for Women & Families
Sibel Edmonds, President and Founder
*National Security Whistleblowers Coalition
Pete Sepp, Vice President for Policy & Communications
National Taxpayers Union
Colleen M. Kelley, National President
National Treasury Employees Union
Steve Kohn, President
National Whistleblower Center
Amy Allina
National Women's Health Network
Terrie Smith, Director
*National Nuclear Workers For Justice
Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS, Executive Director
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Ron Marshall, Chairman
New Grady Coalition
Rick Engler, Director
New Jersey Work Environment Council
Caroline Heldman Ph.D., Director
*New Orleans Women’s Shelter
Marsha Coleman-Abedayo, Chair
*No FEAR Coalition
Nina Bell, J.D., Executive Director
*Northwest Environmental Advocates
Alice Slater, Director
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, New York
David A. Kraft, Director
Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS)
Michael Mariotte, Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Jay Coghlan, Executive Director
*Nuclear Watch New Mexico
Gwen Lachelt, Executive Director
*Oil & Gas Accountability Project
Sean Moulton, Director, Federal Information Policy
OMB Watch
Rob Kall
*Op Ed News
Patrice McDermott, Executive Director
OpenTheGovernment.org
Paul Loney, President
*Oregon Wildlife Federation
Ellen Paul, Executive Director
*The Ornithological Council
Joe Carson, Chair
P. Jeffrey Black, Co-Chair
OSC Watch Steering Committee
Judy Norsigian, Executive Director
Our Bodies Ourselves
Betsy Combier, President and Editor
Parentadvocates.org
Blake Moore
*Patient Quality Care Project
Dianne Parker
*Patient Safety Advocates
Former Special Agent Darlene Fitzgerald
Patrick Henry Center
Paul Kawika Martin, Organizing, Political and PAC Director
Peace Action & Peace Action Education Fund
Bennett Haselton, Founder
*Peacefire.org
Rev. Paul Alexander, Ph.D., Director
Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice
Michael McCally, MD, PhD, Executive Director
*Physicians for Social Responsibility
Vina Colley, President
*Portsmouth/Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Security (PRESS)
David Banisar, Director, FOI Project
Privacy International
Robert Bulmash, President
*Private Citizen, Inc.
Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventor's Alliance
Dr. Paul Lapides
*Professors for Integrity
Danielle Brian, Executive Director
Project On Government Oversight
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director
Proposition One Committee
David Arkush, Director, Congress Watch
Public Citizen
Jeff Ruch, Executive Director
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Robert L. FitzPatrick, President
*PYRAMID SCHEME ALERT
Lucy A. Dalglish, Executive Director
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Kirsten Moore, President and CEO
Reproductive Health Technologies Project
Tim Little, Executive Director
*Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
John W. Whitehead, president
The Rutherford Institute
Adrienne Anderson, Coordinator
Safe Water Colorado and Nuclear Nexus Projects
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
(Whistleblower Anderson v Metro Wastewater)
Angela Smith, Coordinator
*Seattle Healthy Environment Alliance (Seattle HEAL)
Dr. Roland Chalifoux
The Semmelweis Society International (SSI)
Rufus Kinney
*Serving Alabama's Future Environment (SAFE)
Shane Jimerfield, Executive Director
*Siskiyou Project
Andrea Shipley, Executive Director
*Snake River Alliance
Matthew Petty, Executive Director
*The Social Sustenance Organization
Dave Aekens, National President
Society of Professional Journalists
Don Hancock, Director of Nuclear Waste Safety Program
*Southwest Research and Information Center
Kevin Kuritzky
The Student Health Integrity Project (SHIP)
Daphne Wysham, Co-Director
Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (SEEN)
Jeb White, Executive Director
Taxpayers Against Fraud
Alec McNaughton
*Team Integrity
Marylia Kelley, Executive Director
*Tri-Valley CAREs
Communities Against a Radioactive Environment
Paul Taylor
Truckers Justice Center
Francesca Grifo, Ph.D., Director
Scientific Integrity Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
Dane von Breichenruchardt, President
U.S. Bill of Rights Foundation
Dr. Joseph Parish
*U.S. Environmental Watch
Gary Kalman, Director, Federal Legislative Office
U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S.PIRG)
Nick Mangieri, President
*Valor Press, Ltd.
Dr. Jeffrey Fudin, Founder
Veterans Affairs Whistleblowers Coalition
Nada Khader, Foundation Director
*WESPAC Foundation
Gloria G. Karp, Co-Chair
*Westchester Progressive Forum
Mabel Dobbs, Chair
Livestock Committee
Western Organization of Resource Councils
Ann Harris, Executive Director
We the People, Inc
Janet Chandler, Co-Founder
Whistleblower Mentoring Project
Linda Lewis, Director
Whistleblowers USA
John C. Horning, Executive Director
*WildEarth Guardians
Kim Witczak
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