Submitter:

Name:Owen Ambur

Email:Owen.Ambur@verizon.net

Organization:

Name:Center for Effective Government

Acronym:C4EG

Description:
The Center for Effective Government, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, was formed as OMB Watch in 1983 to lift the veil of secrecy shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB oversees federal regulation, the budget, information collection and dissemination, proposed legislation, testimony by agencies, and much more. While OMB's actions were having an enormous impact on agency operations and the pursuit of social justice, it remained largely behind the scenes — unaccountable and little understood by the public and public interest groups. By explaining governmental processes and monitoring OMB, the Center for Effective Government helped bring sunshine to this powerful and secretive agency. In January 2013, OMB Watch became the Center for Effective Government.

Stakeholder(s):

• Policymakers: We are a resource for policymakers, the media, advocacy groups, community organizations, and the public.


• The Media


• Advocacy Groups


• Community Organizations


• The Public


• Center for Effective Government Staff


• Samuel Abbott: Regulatory Policy Intern


• Gavin Baker: Open Government Policy Analyst


• MarQuis Fair: Executive Assistant


• Amanda Frank: Environmental Right-to-Know Intern


• Katie Greenhaw: Regulatory Policy Analyst


• Brian Gumm: Communications Director


• Elissar Khalek: Online Communications Manager


• Patrick Lester: Director, Federal Fiscal Policy


• Katherine McFate: President and CEO


• Denise Moore: Database Administrator/Programmer


• Sean Moulton: Director, Open Government Policy


• Doug Percival: Technology Coordinator


• Sofia Plagakis: Policy Analyst - Environmental Right to Know


• Anastasia Postnikova: Open Government Policy Intern


• Rich Puchalsky: RTK Net Director and Programmer


• Randy Rabinowitz: Director, Regulatory Policy


• Virginia Robnett: Outreach Coordinator


• Jessica Schieder: Regulatory and Fiscal Policy Intern


• Paula Shoecraft: Development Director


• Michael Sikora: Policy Associate


• Rick Trilsch: Director of Finance and Administration


• Katie Weatherford: Regulatory Policy Analyst


• Charity & Security Network: The Charity & Security Network addresses challenges to humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding activities found in U.S. counterterrorism measures.


• Charity and Security Network Staff


• Kay Guinane: Program Director, Charity and Security Network


• Suraj Sazawal: Communications/Research Coordinator, Charity and Security Network


• Nathaniel Turner: Policy Analyst, Charity and Security Network


• Center for Effective Government Board of Directors


• Paul Marchand: (Chair)


• Edwin S. Jayne: (Vice-Chair and Secretary), AFSCME


• Robert Lawrence: (Treasurer)


• Julio Abreu: Mental Health America


• Nancy Amidei: University of Washington School of Social Work


• Ross Eisenbrey: Economic Policy Institute


• Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: Green For All


• Pamela Gilbert: Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP


• Edward Hailes, Jr.: Advancement Project


• Sylvia Johnson: United Auto Workers


• Mary M. Lassen: Center for Community Change


• Katherine McFate: Center for Effective Government


• Linda Nguyen: Alliance for Children and Families


• Margaret Seminario: AFL-CIO


• Dianne Stewart: Public Works


• Center for Effective Government Funders: The Center for Effective Government's work is supported by the following foundations:


• Rita Allen Foundation


• Bauman Foundation


• Cordaid


• CS Fund


• Ford Foundation


• The Stewart R. Mott Foundation


• Open Society Foundations


• Public Welfare Foundation


• Rockefeller Brothers Fund


• The Scherman Foundation


• AFL-CIO


• AFSCME


• Federal Government Employees: Federal government employees can contribute through Combined Federal Campaign #10201


• Combined Federal Campaign