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Search results for "regulatory agencies" ...
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Tipsheet No: 1584
Attkisson of CBS News shares five ideas how to use FOIA, public documents and inside sources to learn more of what corporations report to the government.
Tags: business; corporations; federal agencies; government
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Industry Influence on Federal Rulemaking
Young of the Public Citizen explains 12 steps in the search for industry influence. The handout includes websites to check for changes in regulations, and industry comments and objections.
Tags: business; trade groups; corporations; cost-benefit analysis; federal government
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Investigating a corporation
Grimaldi of the Washington Post offers six simple starting points for investigating a business in Washington, as well as a list of useful websites. The handout includes an example of an Enron lobbying report printed out from http://sopr.senate.gov
Tags: lobbying; EDGAR; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); money and politics
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Best web-based information sources in utilities and regulatory agencies
This tipsheet is a list of web sites that provide information on public utilities and regulatory agencies.
Tags: None
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A quick guide to casino sources
This handout is a quick guide to casino sources. Addresses for casino regulatory agencies by state are included.
Tags: casinos
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Public Records to Use When Backgrounding a Hospital
This handout lists all sources of information to check when backgrounding a hospital, including state regulatory agencies, federal agencies, corporate records and campaign records.
Tags: Public records; hospital; health care; mental health
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Gambling Source List
An extremely extensive source list for stories dealing with gambling; categories (with several sources in each) are books, recent studies, government sources, industry publications, gaming research centers, gaming agencies and commissions, crime commissions, paper trails to follow, gambling experts and professors, compulsive gambling groups and anti-gambling groups and contacts.
Tags: casino; organized crime; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Atlantic City; Riverboat Gambling