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  1. March 09, 2006

    Few States Claiming Easy Money for Katrina Victims

    WASHINGTON, D.C. March 9, 2006 — Yesterday, President Bush visited the Gulf Coast for the 10 th time since Hurricane Katrina struck. Remarkably, on the same day of the President's visit, the Center for Public Integrity released an exclusive report , on how more than a billion dollars designated for hurricane relief has gone unused by state governments. As the Center notes, Read more

  2. March 03, 2006

    Roberta Baskin Op-ed Featured in Providence Journal

    WASHINGTON, D.C. March 3, 2006 — On February 27, 2006, The Providence Journal ran a column written by the Center for Public Integrity's Executive Director, Roberta Baskin. Entitled, "Lobbyists Won't Just Go Away," the piece explored the difficulties Congress — and in particular new House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio — will have achieving meaningful lobbying reform. Ms. Baskin's column has since been picked up by Scripps Howard News Service. Read more

  3. February 23, 2006

    The Center for Public Integrity Responds

    WASHINGTON, D.C. February 23, 2006 — For 16 years the Center for Public Integrity has been an award-winning, independent, non-profit watchdog organization. Today the Center continues to investigate and publish reports on the accountability of government and business. Our work has proven influential, in light of a journalism industry that every day seems less willing and able to take on long-term, dig-deep projects of the kind we produce. Read more

  4. January 31, 2006

    ICIJ Staffer Wins Natali Prize

    WASHINGTON, D.C. January 31, 2006 — The Center for Public Integrity is proud to announce that Marina Walker Guevara of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has qualified as a winner of the Lorenzo Natali Prize for journalism in 2005. Read more

  5. January 29, 2006

    The Center for Public Integrity Announces ‘Katrina Watch’ Project

    WASHINGTON, D.C. January 29, 2006 — The Center for Public Integrity announced today the release of Katrina Watch, a new project tracking and producing news and information about Gulf state reconstruction, government contracts and policy following last year's devastating Hurricane Katrina. Read more

  6. January 26, 2006

    Lobbyists Connect With White House

    WASHINGTON, D.C. January 26, 2006 — During today's news conference, President Bush was asked whether or not he meets with lobbyists. His answer, "I try not to," did not paint a complete picture. Read more

  7. January 03, 2006

    Abramoff Plea Marks a Turning Point on K Street

    WASHINGTON, D.C. January 3, 2006 — Lobbyist Jack Abramoff's guilty plea to corruption, fraud and tax evasion charges should bring important changes to the lobbying industry, according to Roberta Baskin, executive director of the Center for Public Integrity. Read more

  8. December 21, 2005

    ABC 20/20, Sweden’s TV4 Receive International Watchdog Awards

    WASHINGTON, D.C. December 21, 2005 — An ABC News 20/20 report documenting systematic sexual exploitation of girls and boys by UN peacekeepers and civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been awarded the Outstanding Investigative Reporting prize for 2005 by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the international arm of the Center for Public Integrity. Read more

  9. December 19, 2005

    Pulitzer Winner Rawls Named Managing Director of the Center for Public Integrity

    WASHINGTON, D.C. December 19, 2005 — Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist Wendell Rawls Jr. has been named Managing Director of The Center for Public Integrity, the Center's Executive Director Roberta Baskin announced today. Read more

  10. December 05, 2005

    The Center for Public Integrity Withdraws “Traveling Executive Class”

    WASHINGTON, D.C. December 15, 2005 — The Center for Public Integrity recently issued a correction on its story "Traveling Executive Class" about White House staff and officials accepting travel sponsored by corporations, lobbying organizations, universities and other outside groups. The discovery of some data errors led to an extensive internal review of our data-handling procedures, after which the Center's editors decided to remove the entire "Traveling Executive Class" report from the Center's Web site until the investigation was completed. As a result of the investigation, new, stringent safeguards have been instituted to ensure accuracy. Read more

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The Center’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of some of the world’s leading investigative reporters. ICIJ extends globally the Center’s style of watchdog journalism, working with 100 reporters in 50 countries to produce long-term, transnational projects.

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