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Commentary: D.C. culture: Clean? How about mercenary

By Charles Lewis

April 20, 2001 — With no warning, in the opening paragraph of Richard Cohen's recent column ("What Price Service?"), there it was, in black

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Ohio Democrats demand transparency task force in response to D grade

By Caitlin Ginley

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jiminez

Methodology

By The Center for Public Integrity

The Center’s impact in 2010

By Bill Buzenberg

The true value of an investigative story is not measured in Web hits, media partners or awards – it’s whether our reports help improve the w

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Ellen Weiss named executive editor

New feature tracks political influence

By Dave Levinthal

Political finance Is top international corruption concern

By Te-Ping Chen

Campaign finance reform may be a phrase of Washington coinage, but a new study by the nonprofit Global Integrity suggests that the influence

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Leadership Forum brings lawmakers, private sector together

By Marko Tomicic

State Integrity Investigation releases preliminary data on government transparency

By iWatch News

Methodology, the team for Buying of the President 2004

By The Center for Public Integrity

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Ryle to lead int’l investigative consortium

Australian joins Center as new director of ICIJ

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ICIJ unveils Daniel Pearl Awards finalists

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Center nominated for two online journalism awards

Reporters without boundaries

By Bill Birnbauer

Five federal programs lead list of improper grant payments

By Laurel Adams

As federal spending on grants to state and local governments rises, so does fraud

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Skyrocketing deficit

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FACT CHECK: Does the United States "look a lot like Greece?"

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FACT CHECK: There are budget phantoms in the room

By The Associated Press

DOD has a hand out on April 17

By Aaron Mehta

Revolving door: 100% increase in lobbyists now working for Congress

By Alexandra Duszak

CRP report details doubling of former lobbyists now working for lawmakers

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More than 2,000 spin through revolving door

By Elizabeth Brown

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jiminez

On financial reform bill, 52 percent of lobbyists worked in government

By Caitlin Ginley and M.B. Pell

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Murdoch’s News Corp lobbied on privacy issues as hacking controversy bubbled

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Under fire for hacking, Murdoch properties have spent $1.5 million to lobby on privacy and other issues

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A vacation from the rules

By Anupama Narayanswamy

Frequently Asked Questions

By The Center for Public Integrity

Battle over transportation bill picks up steam, again

By Gordon Witkin

ALEC exempted from lobbyist status in three separate states

By Paul Abowd

Goldman lobbyists have met with Dodd-Frank regulators nearly 100 times

By Amy Biegelsen

New online tool shows which lobbyists met with Dodd-Frank rule-writers

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K Street's investment in the status quo

By Agustín Armendariz and Alex Knott

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Top 10 lobby firms in financial reform debate

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

Commentary: No good deed goes unpunished

Stolen state assets: World Bank report details daunting obstacles to recovery

By Corbin Hiar

A recent report says nations may have difficulty recovering assets stolen by autocratic regimes

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Investor protections imperiled by Wall Street, GOP assault on financial reform

By John F. Wasik

Murdoch’s News Corp lobbied on privacy issues as hacking controversy bubbled

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

An invitation to launder money

By Georg Mascolo

Small investors to get bigger megaphone at SEC

By Jeremy Borden

A vacation from the rules

By Anupama Narayanswamy

Some disclosure filings sketchy on details, tardy despite ethics oversight

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Lobbyists tag along on civil rights tour

By Marina Walker Guevara

Lobbying the White House

By Alex Knott

State lobbying becomes billion-dollar business

By Sarah Laskow

Illegal defense

By Lauren Bonora, Kate Sheppard and Alex Knott

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