Citizen Watchdog is a growing compilation of Web resources to help you hold your local, state and federal government more accountable. If you have a suggestion for a new link, please email Marta Hummel Mossburg at [email protected].
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Maryland Funding Accountability Web site
This is a public web site which allows citizens of Maryland and visitors to search and view summary information on payments made to vendors that received $25,000 or more for the respective fiscal year. Information is currently available for Fiscal Year 2008.
Government spending
A searchable Web site run by a nonprofit group that tracks federal spending.
Government spending
A searchable Web site run by the federal government that allows users to track government contracts, grants and other awards.
Maryland General Assembly home page
This site provides links to bill information and status, hearing schedules, member contact information and committees.
Public Service Commission
If you have a problem or complaint about utility service and cannot get satisfaction after contacting the utility, you can complain to the the Maryland Public Service Commission. Click here to file a complaint, or call 410-767-8000. If you’d rather send an e-mail, click here.
Baltimore Metropolitan Council
The organization of the Baltimore region’s elected executives, representing Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties
Department of Legislative Services Offices of Legislative Audits
The site offers downloadable financial audits of state agencies and departments.
Open Secrets.org
A nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy.
The Maryland State Board of Elections
This site provides access to a campaign finance database for Maryland candidates and a host of other information on voter turnout and other statistics, as well as forms for those who are running for office.
Common Cause Maryland
Common Cause Maryland, a branch of the national organization, seeks to limit the influence of money in politics and advocates for clean government
The Maryland Public Policy Institute
The mission of the Maryland Public Policy Institute is to formulate and promote public policies at all levels of government based on principles of free enterprise, limited government, and civil society.
The Free State Foundation
The Free State Foundation is a nonprofit Maryland-based think tank. Its purpose is to promote, through research and educational activities, understanding of free market, limited government, and rule of law principles at the federal level and in Maryland.
Advocates for Children and Youth
ACY’s mission has remained unchanged since its founding — to identify problems, promote policies and programs that improve results for Maryland children in measurable and meaningful ways, and evaluate the effectiveness of programs and policies for the state’s children and youth.
The Calvert Institute for Policy Research
The Calvert Institute for Policy Research is a non-partisan, educational institution dedicated to the research and propagation of solutions to Maryland state and local public-policy concerns based upon the principles of free markets and personal responsibility. It is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. The institute is named for George Calvert, founder of the Maryland colony, and the author of its experiment in freedom of conscience. The institute seeks to replicate his vision of a Maryland where a diversity of views is encouraged and disseminated.
1000 Friends of Maryland
1000 Friends supports, in its words, a new pattern of development that we can afford – socially, economically, environmentally.
Journalist’s Tool Box
A site sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists that lists more than 10,000 Web resources and links organized by industry topic.
