[bestbits] Fwd: Re: Funding info for CfA

[parminder]

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



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Subject: 	Re: Funding info for CfA
Date: 	Sat, 15 Jul 2017 18:51:33 +0530
From: 	parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
To: 	Daniel Stevens <dstevens at campaignforaccountability.org>



Thanks Dan for your prompt response. It is much appreciated.

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


On Saturday 15 July 2017 06:10 PM, Daniel Stevens wrote:
>
> Good Morning,
>
>
> Thanks for contacting us about our work.  CfA does not disclose its
> donors.  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.
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Dan
>
>
> ---
> Daniel Stevens
> Executive Director
> Campaign for Accountability
> 202.780.5750 (o)
> http://campaignforaccountability.org/
> @Accountable_Org
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 15, 2017 2:52:10 AM
> *To:* Daniel Stevens
> *Subject:* Funding info for CfA
>  
>
> Dear Madam/ Sir
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks, for your great work, and look forward to an early response.
>
> Best regards
>
> parminder
>
> IT for Change (www.ITforChange.net)
>

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