Government Accountability Project Inc.

“The draft 990 is reviewed by the executive director/ceo and the director of h.r.and finance and every member of the board and changes are incorporated into the final draft.”

“Annually the board of directors is requested to update and sign our conflict of interest questionnaire, and report possible conflicts to the chair of the board whenever they are detected or observed.”

“The board chair and director supervised an independent written and oral performance evaluation of executive director, and together they approve the salary increase.”

“Annual performance evaluations are performed by their supervisors and then reviewed by the executive director.”

“Maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, missouri, mississippi, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, tennessee, utah, virginia, washington, west virginia, wisconsin”

“Public disclosure copies of the audited financial statements and the irs form 990 and form 1023 are kept in the office of the director of finance. Upon request copies are made and sent out to the requesting person. The financial audits and irs form 990's are also placed on our website.”

“The government accountability project (gap) is a 40-year-old non-profit public interest organization that promotes government and corporate accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers, and empowering citizen activists. We pursue this mission through our public health & safety, international, national security, environmental oversight, and corporate and financial accountability programs. Gap is the nation's leading whistleblower protection organization.”

“Whistleblowers, we systematically exposed that himp poses significant threats to the environment, places public health at risk, needlessly adds to the suffering of animals, and threatens the safety of workers who are already routinely exploited. Gap advanced our investigative efforts in 2016 by continuing to conduct on-sight and in-person interviews with usda meat inspectors from around the country. These meetings provided excellent opportunities for fic to build relationships with union leadership and learn about food integrity issues spanning a wide region, including: illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, minnesota, missouri, nebraska, north dakota, ohio, south dakota, and wisconsin. In 2016, fic reached out to the poultry farmer community to provide legal assistance to growers. We networked with farmers to raise awareness about our efforts and made our services available to those who needed them. As a result of these strategic outreach efforts, we routinely received calls from growers and offered support to farmers facing legal challenges. Fic brought on three new growers as legal clients and assisted many more. In 2016, gap joined food and water watch, the animal legal defense fund, farm sanctuary, the people for the ethical treatment of animals, the center for food safety, and the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals as plaintiffs in a case before the u.s. District court of the middle district of north carolina to overturn the states ag-gag law. This unprecedented law threatened to silence whistleblowers in all industries who seek to disclose information to the public. In 2016 fic testified on behalf of a bill that would give maryland contract growers more power in negotiating their poultry contracts as well as enable them to speak up without fear of retaliation. Fic director amanda hitt testified before the maryland general assembly, presenting the reasons why workers fear speaking out. At the conclusion of the testimony before both houses, gap was invited to join the maryland fair farms coalition. In 2016 gap's food integrity campaign was regularly quoted in print and online outlets, such as mother jones,and had regular appearances on prominent radio shows including npr and other influential radio outlets.”

“Questionable securities. In 2016 the sec adopted the rule-making petition that gap and our allies filed to outlaw numerous corporate contracting practices, such as forcing whistleblowers to report internally before going public or to bank regulators, to give up bounty awards to the company, and to agree to secrecy agreements surrounding revelations. In 2016, gap also continued to regularly receive and assess cases for representation that could bring transparency and accountability to government, corporations, and other institutions. 2016 was a year of strategic positioning for gap's climate science & policy watch (cspw) program. Since cspw's re-launch in august 2015, the reach of the site significantly expanded in 2016 to an average of approximately 13,000 more unique visitors/month. In addition to the creation of new memes combined with exclusive quotes and content, the cspw re-launch also featured an enhanced ability for whistleblowers to learn about their rights and blow the whistle on climate related environmental issues. As a result of strategic outreach and education efforts and this enhanced capacity, gap attracted multiple ""big oil"" whistleblowers whose disclosures were vetted and investigated throughout the year. In 2016, the cspw website generated over 30 research intensive features -- the most prominent of which being our ongoing investigation into what exxon knew and when; and our popular notes from underground investigative series focusing on gap's know your rights campaigns, and in specific, the dangers of, and the critical need to phase out, fossil extraction processes. This series also helped create the backdrop for the climate denial movement and underscored the dangers of oil and gas dependence generally. " in 2016 gap continued our investigation into exxonmobil through the review of all of the 10-k forms the company has submitted to the sec from 1993 (the furthest back these forms are publically available) to the present, in an effort to better understand how the oil giant has addressed the climate change threat. One of our investigative installments attracted coverage in the guardian, which disclosed exclusive information we obtained from a high-ranking whistleblower who worked with climate science & policy watch founder rick piltz at the us global change research program coordinating office during the george w. Bush administration. Throughout 2016, cspw's investigative team identified and interviewed experts and scientists who may be aware of oil and coal industry efforts to intimidate them into silence, misconstrue their findings or bury their actual research results. In 2016 gap continued its investigation into the devastating long-term effects on human health and the gulf of mexico ecosystem stemming from the widespread use of the dispersant corexit in response to the 2010 bp deepwater horizon oil spill. Gap continued to seek congressional support for our efforts to inform and guide the rulemaking process over dispersant use. Gap also teamed up with marine toxicologist and exxon valdez oil spill expert dr. Riki ott and the alert project to release a petition through credo action. The petition cited our investigative results and called on the epa to ban dispersant use and release a robust final rule that prioritizes human health and the environment. The petition garnered over 60,000 signatures in seven days.”

“Administration. Gap also continued to work with several congressional committees to help develop legislation to protect intelligence agency and other national security whistleblowers, as well as intelligence contractors. "”

“Line 7g - didn't file becuase situation didn't exist”

“Professional fees 292,105 13,047 7,588”