Word: watchdogging
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...some members of police watchdog groups don’t want to risk the possibility hat The Crimson’s lawsuit and its attempt to gain access to these reports won’t survive its appeal. Instead, they are pushing for increased access to crime information themselves, foregoing the courtroom drama for parliamentary procedure...
Herms is the founder of the local watchdog group Student-Alumni Committee on Institutional Security Policy (StalCommPol). The organization, which is not affiliated with Harvard, made headlines in March of 2004 when it released a study that said Harvard students are more likely to be victims of violent crime than students at other comparable institutions...
...pseudo-religious shenanigans of Constantine, its most astounding trick thus far has been its successful evasion of criticism from Christian media watchdog groups. Since Constantine’s release last Friday, the usual religiously conservative voices of outrage at pop-culture blasphemers have largely been silent. In recent years, movies taking similar liberties with religious content have drawn highly publicized protest: the 1999 comedy Dogma, for example, spurred the Catholic League to circulate petitions and run New York Times ads calling for a boycott of the movie. The outrage at 1973’s The Exorcist was so widespread...
China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) has long been a watchdog without a bite. Charged with ensuring that the country's natural resources aren't trampled by its headlong economic growth, SEPA must go up against other branches of government, state-owned companies and China's burgeoning private enterprises?and it usually comes out on the bottom...
...PICK A CHARITY? Watchdog websites such as charitynavigator.org give.org and charitywatch.org rate organizations on the efficiency of their programs--in other words, how much of your money goes to aid vs. administration and fund-raising efforts. Many large, well-known charities, including the American Red Cross and Catholic Relief Services, get good marks and have set up special tsunami funds. If there is an organization you admire, though, you may want to consider giving an unrestricted donation, which will allow the charity to allocate the cash as it is most needed. One warning: be wary of e-mails soliciting donations...