<div dir="ltr">Hi Parminder,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for sharing this. I agree that it's odd they don't since they are an organization advocating for accountability – it is counterintuitive at best. Either way, thanks for investigating. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Best,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 3:04 PM, parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font face="Verdana">This is my recent exchange with the head of
Campaign for Accountability. I tell him clearly that their
policy of non disclosure of their donors is not at all fine.
They do not explain why they do not disclose their funders..
parminder </font><br>
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<p><font face="Verdana">Thanks Dan for your prompt response. It is
much appreciated. <br>
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<p><font face="Verdana">While I still think it is useful to
divulge donors, especially for this kind of work, I do greatly
value your work. Best wishes for it. Meanwhile I will like to
have your permission to share the below email from you on the
public elist where I am having this discussion. parminder </font><br>
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<div class="m_7067951079241140790moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 15 July 2017 06:10 PM,
Daniel Stevens wrote:<br>
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<p>Thanks for contacting us about our work. CfA does not
disclose its donors. <span>We think our work speaks for
itself. Over the past 18 months, the Google Transparency
Project has documented more than 425 White House meetings
by Google lobbyists, 250 revolving door hires between
Google and government and more than 325 academic papers
paid for by the company to help advance its policy
interests. All of the underlying data is published on the
site, along with more than 40,000 pages of Google emails
with US government officials. The data in the report has
also been subject to analysis by The Wall Street Journal,
which cited the data in its own investigative article
today.</span></p>
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<p><span>Best,</span></p>
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<p><span>Dan</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">Daniel Stevens</span><br>
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<div>Executive Director</div>
<div>Campaign for Accountability</div>
<div>202.780.5750 (o)</div>
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<div id="m_7067951079241140790divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
parminder <a class="m_7067951079241140790moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank"><parminder@itforchange.net></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 15, 2017 2:52:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Daniel Stevens<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Funding info for CfA</font>
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<p><font face="Verdana">Dear Madam/ Sir</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">I think you
do great work. But it looks more than a tad odd that an
organisation that seeks, and so actively too, accountability
in public life itself does not publish its annual report and
funding sources on its website. I am sure it must just have
been an oversight, but will you be able to share your annual
funding statement with me. Thanks.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">Let me tell
you the background of this request. I posted on an Internet
governance e-list the coverage of your story on how Google
funds so many academic reports in Internet policy space. A
useful discussion ensued. But someone pointed out that CfA
itself does not publicly disclose its funding sources. I
agreed it was odd that it doesnt. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">If you indeed
are able to share your funding statement I will inform all
the skeptics of this fact. I myself work with an NGO and
some global civil society networks, and publishing our
funding sources is considered a simple necessity to have any
credibility in this area. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">Thanks, for
your great work, and look forward to an early response.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">Best regards</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">parminder</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">IT for Change
(<a class="m_7067951079241140790moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ITforChange.net" target="_blank">www.ITforChange.net</a>)<br>
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