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Organization	Org. type	Subjects	Levels of gov covered
Access RI	non-profit	FOIA gov data open records	state
Alabama Center for Open Government	non-profit	FOIA	state
Alabama Policy Institute	non-profit	spending	state
American Association of Law Libraries		document authentication judicial branch	national
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression	non-profit		national
American Constitution Society	non-profit	judicial branch	national
American League of Lobbyists	non-profit	lobbying	national
American Library Association	non-profit		national
American Society of Newspaper Editors	non-profit		national
Americans for Prosperity	non-profit	spending	national
Association For Community Networking	non-profit		national
Association of American Publishers	non-profit		national
Association of Research Libraries	non-profit		national
Better Government Association	non-profit	gov ethics	national state local
Bill of Rights Defense Committee	non-profit		national
Black Box Voting	non-profit		national
Brechner Center for Freedom of Information	academic non-profit	FOIA	state
California First Amendment Coalition	non-profit	FOIA	state
Californians Aware	non-profit	FOIA	state
Campaign Finance Institute	non-profit	campaign finance	national
Campaign Legal Center	non-profit		national
Cato Institute	non-profit		national
Center for American Progress	non-profit		national
Center for American Progress Action Fund	non-profit		national
Center for Democracy and Technology	non-profit		national
Center for National Security Studies	non-profit		national
Center for Progressive Reform	non-profit		national
Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington	non-profit		national
Center for Responsive Politics	non-profit		national
Citizen Advocacy Center	non-profit	FOIA	state
Citizens Against Government Waste	non-profit		national
Citizens for Responsible Government	non-profit	open records spending	state
Colorado Ethics Watch	non-profit	campaign finance executive branch gov ethics legislative branch	state
Common Cause	non-profit		national
Commonwealth Foundation	non-profit	executive branch legislative branch spending	state
Connecticut Foundation for Open Government	non-profit	FOIA	state
DEMOS	non-profit		national
Defending Dissent Foundation	non-profit		national
Democracy 21	non-profit		national
Downsize DC	non-profit		national
Electronic Frontier Foundation	non-profit		national
Electronic Privacy Information Center	non-profit		national
Empire Center for New York State Policy	non-profit	executive branch gov contracting gov data spending
Essential Information	non-profit		national
FOI Oklahoma, Inc.		FOIA	state
Fantasy Congress	non-profit		national
Federation of American Scientists	non-profit		national
First Amendment Project	non-profit	FOIA judicial branch	national
Flint Hills Center of Public Policy	non-profit	executive branch legislative branch spending	state local
Florida First Amendment Foundation	non-profit	FOIA	state local
For the Good of Illinois	non-profit	executive branch legislative branch spending	state local
Free Government Information	non-profit		national
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Inc.	non-profit	FOIA	state
Friends Committee on National Legislation	non-profit		national
Fund for Constitutional Government	non-profit		national
Georgia First Amendment Foundation	non-profit	executive branch FOIA legislative branch	state
God Jobs First	non-profit		national
Goldwater Institute	non-profit	spending	state
Government Accountability Project	non-profit		national
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii	non-profit	secrecy spending	state
Heritage Foundation	non-profit		national
ISolon.org	non-profit		national
Idahoans for Openness in Government	non-profit	FOIA open meetings open records	state local
Illinois Community Technology Coalition	non-profit		state
Illinois First Amendment Center	non-profit	FOIA	state
Illinois Policy Institute	non-profit	spending	state local
Independence Institute	non-profit	FOIA gov contracting spending	state local
Indiana Coalition for Open Government	non-profit	FOIA	state local
Institute for Politics Democracy and the Internet	non-profit		national
Iowa Freedom of Information Council	non-profit	FOIA	state
James Madison Project	non-profit		national
John Locke Foundation	non-profit	spending	state
Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government	non-profit	FOIA	state local
League of Women Voters	non-profit		national
LegiStorm	non-profit		national
Liberty Coalition	non-profit		national
Lucy Burns Institute	non-profit	open records	national state
MAPLight	non-profit	campaign finance earmarks gov data legislative branch lobbying	national
Mackinac Center for Public Policy	non-profit	executive branch legislative branch spending	state
Maine Freedom of Information Coalition	non-profit	FOIA	state
Maine Heritage Policy Center	non-profit	gov data spending	state
Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project	academic	FOIA	national state local
Maryland Foundation for Open Government	non-profit	FOIA open meetings open records	state
Media Law Center for Ethics and Access	academic	FOIA	state
Michigan FOI Committee	non-profit	FOIA	state
Minnesota Coalition on Government Information	non-profit		state
Minnesota Coalition on Government Information	non-profit	FOIA open meetings open records	state
Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, Inc.	non-profit	FOIA	state
Missouri Freedom of Information Center	non-profit	FOIA	state
Montana Freedom of Information Hotline, Inc.	academic	FOIA	state
National Coalition Against Censorship	non-profit		national
National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC)	non-profit	FOIA	national state
National Institute on Money in State Politics	non-profit		national
National Security Whistleblowers Coalition	non-profit		national
National Taxpayers' Union	non-profit	spending	national
New England First Amendment Coalition	academic non-profit	FOIA	state
New Jersey Foundation for Open Government	non-profit	open meetings open records	state
New Mexico Foundation for Open Government	non-profit	FOIA open meetings open records	state
North Carolina Open Government Coalition	non-profit	FOIA open meetings open records	state
North Dakota Policy Council	non-profit	spending	state
OMB Watch	non-profit		national
Ocean State Policy Research Institute	non-profit	gov data spending	state
Ohio Coalition for Open Government	non-profit	FOIA open meetings open records	state
Oklahomans for Responsible Government	non-profit		state
Open Congress	non-profit		national
Open Oregon: A Freedom of Information Coalition	non-profit	FOIA open meetings open records	state
OpenCRS	non-profit		national
Oregon Better Government Project	non-profit		state
Pelican Institute	non-profit	spending	state
Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition	non-profit	FOIA	state
People For the American Way	non-profit		national
Political Research Associates	non-profit		national
Porkbusters	non-profit		national
Project Vote Smart	non-profit		national
Project on Government Oversight	non-profit		national
Public Campaign	non-profit		national
Public Citizen	non-profit		national
Public Interest Institute	non-profit	spending	state
Right to Know New Hampshire	non-profit	FOIA open meetings open records	state
Rio Grande Foundation	non-profit	executive branch legislative branch spending	state
Sam Adams Alliance	non-profit	spending	national state
South Dakotans for Open Government	non-profit	executive branch legislative branch lobbying open meetings open records spending	state
Sunlight Foundation	non-profit	campaign finance CRS earmarks executive branch gov contracting gov data gov ethics gov IT legislative branch lobbying open meetings open records spending	national
Taxpayers for Common Sense	non-profit		national
Tennessee Coalition for Open Government	non-profit	FOIA open meetings open records	state
Texas Public Policy Foundation	non-profit	spending	state
The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions	non-profit	executive branch legislative branch spending	state
The Center for Public Integrity	non-profit		national
The Center for Transparent and Accountable Government at the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions	non-profit	open meetings open records spending	state
The Free Expression Policy Project	non-profit		national
The National Security Archive at GWU	academic		national
The Open House Project	non-profit		national
Transnational Records Access Clearinghouse	academic		national
US Chamber of Commerce	non-profit		national
US Public Interest Research Groups	non-profit		national
Utah's Right to Know	non-profit	gov data spending	state
Virginia Coalition for Open Government	non-profit	FOIA	state
Washington Coalition for Open Government	non-profit	open meetings open records	state
Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council	non-profit	FOIA	state