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Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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High Cost of Independent Sector Panel on Accountability

Mar 9, 2005 by Kay Guinane

The Nonprofit Times has published an article on the costs of the IS panel on accountability.

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Independent Sector Report Urges Nonprofit Accountability

On March 1, Independent Sector's (IS) Panel on the Nonprofit Sector presented its Interim Report on nonprofit accountability, calling for voluntary action by nonprofits, increased enforcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and action by Congress, to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), chair of the Senate Finance Committee. A hearing on proposals for legislative action is expected this spring. The Panel is expected to publish a final report before summer.

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OMB Watch Comments on Nonprofit Sector Working Group Draft Recommendations

OMB Watch Comments on the Work Group Recommendations to the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector (as posted for public comment on January 24, 2005) Submitted January 28, 2005 These comments on the “Work Group Recommendations” are submitted by OMB Watch, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting government accountability and citizen participation in public policy decisions. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the recommendations.

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CoF Quick Summary of IS Interim Report

Mar 3, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The Council on Foundations did a quick summary of Independent Sector's Interim Report.

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The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector Releases Interim Report To

Mar 1, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Today I attended a press conference at the Dirksen Building to announce the release of Independent Sector's Panel on the Nonprofit Sector Interim Report. The Interim Report contains 21 recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee on measures to regulate the nonprofit sector. The recommendations are the product of the Panel's 5 Working Groups and, supposedly, public recommendations on the first draft. The recommendations are based largely in reponse to the Senate Finance Cmte's discussion draft.

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New Report Investigates Social Security Administration

Feb 28, 2005 by Guest Blogger

A new report by the Committee on Government Reform (Minority) investigates whether the Social Security Administration has altered its communications to the public to build support for President Bush's Social Security Proposals.

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Alabama Senate Passes Nonprofit Accountability Bill

Feb 24, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Over the objections of the Christian Coalition, the Alabama Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would require organizations to disclose their donors when they run issue ads during election seasons in Alabama.

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Uganda Grant - More Evidence the Grant was Unfounded?

Feb 24, 2005 by Guest Blogger

This week, we did a Watcher story about USAID giving an abstience grant to a Ugandan nonprofit that recieved a negative rating by an independent panel. Today, the New York Times documents a new study about the ineffectiveness of the promotion of abstience in Uganda. Interesting. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/national/24aids.html

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New California Nonprofit Legislation

Feb 23, 2005 by Guest Blogger

A new California law requires more nonprofits to get annual audits, recruit qualified volunteers for new oversight committees, and take other steps to assure better oversight and show they are fair, requirements some say will divert nonprofits' money and time from their causes, the Sacramento Business Journal reported.

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Monster.com Supports Volunteers!

Feb 10, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Monster Supports Volunteerism by Launching a New Online Volunteer Center in Alliance with Idealist.org and boardnetUSA.org, Two Leading Volunteer Sites!

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