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  1. March 29, 2007

    Federal Advisory Panels Wield Unseen Power

    WASHINGTON, D.C. March 29, 2007 — While federal advisory committees are tasked with giving the executive branch "objective" advice on issues ranging from the safety of prescription drugs to commercial airline travel, an ongoing investigation by the Center for Public Integrity has found that they sometimes are tainted by financial conflicts of interest, needless secrecy, industry dominance and outside interference. Read more

  2. March 27, 2007

    Pakistan’s $4.2 Billion ‘Blank Check’ for U.S. Military Aid

    WASHINGTON, D.C. March 27, 2007 — Pakistan became billions of dollars richer after September 11, 2001, thanks to a Defense Department program that pays expenses incurred by U.S. allies fighting the global war on terror, an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) revealed. Read more

  3. March 16, 2007

    House Majority Leader Exploited Campaign Finance ‘Bundling’ Loophole

    WASHINGTON, D.C. March 16, 2007 — Majority Leader Steny Hoyer raised more than $1 million for congressional candidates in the Democrats' 2006 successful run at controlling the House by exploiting what experts call a legal loophole, an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity has found. Read more

  4. March 12, 2007

    Center’s HIV/AIDS Investigation Wins 2006 Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism

    WASHINGTON, D.C. March 12, 2007 — "Divine Intervention: U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad," a year-long investigation by the Center's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), received a first-place award from the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ). Read more

  5. February 01, 2007

    Center Wins Special Prize for Investigative Reporting

    WASHINGTON, D.C. February 1, 2007 — The Center for Public Integrity was honored Wednesday as the first nonprofit investigative journalism organization ever to be cited by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government for its "superb investigative work in the public interest." Read more

  6. January 26, 2007

    After Scandals, Federal, State Officials Strengthen Ethics Laws

    WASHINGTON, D.C. January 26, 2007 — Last week's overwhelming Senate vote to take on congressional ethics represents a dramatic attitude shift on Capitol Hill. Read more

  7. January 19, 2007

    AT&T, Verizon Intervene in Center’s Lawsuit Against FCC

    WASHINGTON, D.C. January 19, 2007 — The Center for Public Integrity's lawsuit to obtain broadband records from the Federal Communication Commission has attracted industry-wide attention as major telecommunications companies and trade associations seek to block the release of the high-speed Internet service data for publication. Read more

  8. January 11, 2007

    Global Integrity Releases Latest 2006 Index on Anti-Corruption and Governance Trends

    WASHINGTON, D.C. January 11, 2007 — A major 43-country investigative report on anti-corruption and governance trends spanning months of on-the-ground reporting and data gathering by a team of 200 in-country journalists has resulted in the 2006 Global Integrity Report. Successfully launched by the Center for Public Integrity as an international non-profit organization, Global Integrity tracks governance and corruption trends around the world. Read more

  9. January 10, 2007

    ICIJ Award Accepting Applications for $25,000 in Prizes

    WASHINGTON, D.C. January 10, 2007 — The annual ICIJ Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting — two $10,000 first-place prizes and up to five $1,000 finalist awards — is open for entries. Read more

  10. January 03, 2007

    Privately Funded Congressional Travel Plummets

    WASHINGTON, D.C. January 3, 2007 — As the House prepares to overhaul its gift and travel rules, the Center for Public Integrity today reported that privately funded travel for members of Congress and their aides has fallen sharply. The decline comes in the wake of a 2006 Center investigation showing that such travel had become a booming industry. 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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