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Citizens Against Government Waste

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Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is non-profit group that has campaigned on behalf of the tobacco industry and in favour of Microsoft and against open source software.

Table of contents
1 History
2 CAGW and open source software
3 Funding
4 Personnel

4.1 Board of Directors
4.2 Staff

5 Contact information
6 Other SourceWatch Resources
7 External links
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History

CAGW was founded by in 1984 by J. Peter Grace (1913-1995) and Jack Anderson. [1] (http://speakerseries.com/spk1999/anderson.htm) [2] (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAandersonJ.htm)

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CAGW and open source software

Australian blogger Tim Lambert mentioned in June 2004 CAGW as one of several think tanks writing reports critical of open source software.[3] (http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/blog/computers/tanks.html) CAGW's press release of July 12, 2004 is just another example.

"People mistakenly refer to open source as 'free' software because it can be freely altered and distributed. Yet while the software itself is free, the cost to maintain and upgrade it can become very expensive," CAGW President Tom Schatz said. ... "Maintenance, training and support are far more expensive with open source than proprietary software." [4] (http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040712/dcm047_1.html) In 1999 the New York Times had described CAGW as one of a number of "Microsoft-financed groups".[5] (http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/biztech/articles/07strategy.html)
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Funding

CAGW, an IRS 501(c)(3) tax deductable charity, is closely linked to the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) which is an IRS 501(c)(4) and therefore it is not a tax deductable organization but more free to do lobbying. "[CCAGW] is the lobbying arm of CGAW." [6] (http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_Mission_History)

According to the CAGW website "Eighty-five percent of the organization's funding comes from individual contributors around the nation. Corporate and foundation gifts account for the other 15 percent". [7] (http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FAQ)

In 2001 CAGW's total budget was $4.7 million.

Media Transparency's database records CAGW as having received 8 grants totalling $225,000 (unadjusted for inflation) from three foundations - the Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation, John M Olin Foundation and Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. Since 1998 the only foundation funder has been Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation.[8] (http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=940)

The conservative Capital Research Center (CRC) notes in its Searchlight database (which records corporate and general foundation contributions) that CAGW has "received funding from:

Others listed include:

However, CRC's database generally does not record direct corporate contributions as distinct from grants from corporate foundations.

A few examples of tobacco industry donations to CAGW:

  • Philip Morris
    • 1995, $50,000 [10] (http://www.pmdocs.com/getimg.asp?DOCID=2041273353/3356&PGNO=2041273353)
    • 1996, $50,000 [11] (http://www.pmdocs.com/getimg.asp?if=&DOCID=2063351196/1220&PGNO=2063351215)
    • 1997, $50,000 [12] (http://www.pmdocs.com/getimg.asp?if=&DOCID=2063351196/1220&PGNO=2063351215)
    • 1998, $35,000 [13] (http://www.pmdocs.com/getimg.asp?DOCID=2065243965/3979&PGNO=2065243967)
    • 1999, $10,000 (budgeted) [14] (http://www.pmdocs.com/getimg.asp?DOCID=2072783059/3095&PGNO=2072783089)
  • The Tobacco Institute
    • 1999, $10,000 (budgeted) [15] (http://www.pmdocs.com/getimg.asp?DOCID=2063525895/6016&PGNO=2063525968)
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Personnel

Alan Keyes was president of CAGW from 1989 to 1991 [16] (http://www.ambassadoragency.com/client_profile.cfm/cid/164) and since the early 1990s Thomas A. Schatz has been president. [17] (http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Politics/Organizations/Citizens%20Against%20Govt%20Waste%20Loc)

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Board of Directors

  • Jack Anderson, Co-Founder and Chairman
  • Jeffrey P. Altman, Partner, McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P.
  • George S. Goldberger, Chief Administrative Officer, Progenitor Cell Therapy, L.L.C.
  • Patrick P. Grace, President and CEO, Kingdon Group L.L.C.
  • Thomas A. Schatz, President, Citizens Against Government Waste
  • Hon. Vin Weber, Senior Partner, Clark & Weinstock, Inc.
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Staff

  • Thomas A. Schatz, President [18] (http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_schatz)
  • Robert J. Tedeschi, Sr. Vice President, Finance and Administration
  • Ariane E. Sweeney, Vice President of Development
  • David E. Williams, Vice President of Policy [19] (http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_williams)
  • Elizabeth L. Wright, Vice President of Government Relations
  • John Frydenlund, Food and Agriculture Policy Director [20] (http://www.house.gov/judiciary/fryd0617.htm) [21] (http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ED092195a.cfm)
  • Leslie K. Paige, Director of Special Projects
  • Mark Carpenter, Media Manager
  • Mark Fennel, Manager of Membership Services
  • Martin Rundle, Manager of Development Research
  • Lisa Strickland, Membership Coordinator
  • Tom Finnigan, Media Associate [22] (http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_NewsRelease_01222003)
  • Angela French, Research Associate
  • James Malcomb, Membership and Development Associate
  • Stephanie McIntyre, Assistant Financial Officer
  • Ernestine Hill, Receptionist
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Contact information

Citizens Against Government Waste
1301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
phone: (202) 467-5300
www.cagw.org

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Other SourceWatch Resources

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External links

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