[bestbits] Fwd: Re: Funding info for CfA

[Michael Oghia]

Hi Parminder,

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.

Best,
-Michael

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 3:04 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
wrote:

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