Nebraska Watchdog

From Sunshine Review

Nebraska Watchdog
501(c)(3)
Leadership:	Joe Jordan
Political party	Nonpartisan
Website	Nebraska Watchdog
Transparency Focus
Transparency

Nebraska Watchdog is a government transparency advocate site that posts results of investigative journalism and political reporting for Nebraska.

The site is affiliated and funded in part by the non-profit Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity and Pete Ricketts, founder of Drakon LLC, an asset management firm based in Omaha.^[1]

[edit] Mission

Nebraska Watchdog aims to uncover and analyze the actions of state and local government. Its goal is to put confidence in the existence of good government through unbiased news reporting. It will investigate and "inform the public about waste, fraud, abuse, ethical questions and safety concerns involving the use of taxpayer dollars."^[1]

[edit] External links

• Nebraska Watchdog website
• Pete Ricketts' Forbes.com profile

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Nebraska Watchdog website

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