Resources/Related Links
Below, please find some of the many organizations that GAP has teamed up with throughout our existence to protect all Americans and improve our society.
Please note, if you are a whistleblower, and would like to know about other resources/vehicles you may utilize, please click on our Where and How to File a Complaint page.
POGO: Project On Government Oversight: One of our sister organizations, POGO investigates, exposes, and seeks to remedy systemic abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience by the federal government to powerful special interests. Founded in 1981, they are a politically-independent, nonprofit watchdog that strives to promote a government that is accountable to the citizenry.
PEER: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Another one of our sister organizations, PEER is a national non-profit alliance of local, state and federal scientists, law enforcement officers, land managers and other professionals dedicated to upholding environmental laws and values.
FAIR: Federal Accountability Initiative for Reform: This Canadian organization promotes integrity and accountability within government by empowering employees to speak out without fear of reprisal when they encounter wrongdoing. Its aim is to support legislation and management practices that will provide effective protection for whistleblowers and hence occupational free speech in the workplace.
Earth Share of Washington: A coalition of environmental organizations that help to protect our environment and quality of life - locally, nationally and internationally. Earth Share of Washington partners with businesses and government agencies to encourage employees to give to the environment at work through payroll giving programs, volunteer projects and involvement in its annual "Day in the Park."
Workplace Fairness: A non-profit organization that provides information, education and assistance to individual workers and their advocates nationwide and promotes public policies that advance employee rights. A excellent guide for explaining employment law to non-lawyers.
Public Citizen: Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts.
ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union: The ACLU is one of our nation's guardians of liberty. They work daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Their job is to conserve America's original civic values - the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Taxpayers Against Fraud: A nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated to combating fraud against the federal government through the promotion and use of the Federal False Claims Act and its qui tam provisions.
Institute for Policy Studies: The Institute for Policy Studies strengthens social movements with independent research, visionary thinking, and links to the grassroots, scholars and elected officials. Since 1963, we have empowered people to build healthy and democratic societies in communities, the U.S., and the world.
Integrity International: A foundation that provides support to whistleblowers both in corporate and governmental institutions to ensure that they will be able to exercise their rights to free speech, conscientiously perform their duties, and remain free from harassment and intimidation.
Ploughshares Fund: The Ploughshares Fund is a public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives to prevent the spread and use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and other weapons of war, and to prevent conflicts that could lead to the use of weapons of mass destruction. American Whistleblowers League:A non-partisan coalition of government whistleblowers, AWL is generally committed to encouraging, protecting, and otherwise being a source of support for government whistleblowers and their families.
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