UNDERSTANDING GOVERNMENT

Founded in 1999, Understanding Government is a non-profit foundation dedicated to improving government effectiveness by deepening public knowledge about the executive branch of government... The executive branch is where policy is supposed to be turned into action. Yet the public knows little about what happens there - about which agencies are doing useful work and which are wasting the public's money and time. If the public gains better knowledge of the workings of the executive branch, it will take a more informed view about government and government accountability. Understanding Government is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to improving the performance of the executive branch by helping journalists do a better job of covering it. We raise funds from a variety of private sources in order to achieve this mission.

Primary location: Washington United States