[bestbits] Fwd: Re: Funding info for CfA

[James Gannon]

Well they are not really.
They are a single subject lobbying/PR firm.

Sent from my iPhone

On 16 Jul 2017, at 14:14, Michael Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com<mailto:mike.oghia at gmail.com>> wrote:

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<mailto: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


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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><mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>
To:     Daniel Stevens <dstevens at campaignforaccountability.org><mailto: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

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From: parminder <parminder at itforchange.net><mailto: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<http://www.ITforChange.net>)


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