GOOD GOVERNMENT RESEARCH STUDIES
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The Citizen Advocacy Center is pleased to make these studies, related to open and ethical government in Illinois with evidence based reform recommendations, available as a free resource for the public. Click on the study title link to open. Funding generously provided by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
Better Government Association (BGA)
Center for Budget and Tax Accountability (CTBA)
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice
Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force
Citizen Advocacy Center
- Challenges to Ballot Access and the Challenges Therein, 2013
- The Goals of Democracy and Those of Economic Development: Bridging the Two while Valuing Public Participation, 2012
- Illinois Civic Health Index, 2010
- Accessing Government: How Difficult is It? An Analysis of Open Government Laws in the Midwest, 2008
- Municipal Internet Communication, FOIA, and OMA, 2007
- DeMystifying County Contracting: A Study of DuPage County Procurement, 2003
Common Cause
Election Law at Moritz College of Law
Illinois Campaign Finance Reform Task Force
Illinois PIRG
- Picking up the Tab: 2014
- Picking up the Tab: 2013
- The Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens: State Budgets Under Pressure from Tax Loophole Abuse, 2013
- Jobs and TIF: An Analysis of Job Creation and Tax Increment Financing, 2012
- Following the Money: 2012
- Cleaning Up Chicago's Tax Increment Financing Program: Rethinking Chicago's Troubled Redevelopment Program, 2012
- Caution: Red Light Cameras Ahead. The Risk of Privatizing Traffic Law Enforcement and How to Protect the Public, 2011
- Shining a Light on Tax Increment Financing in Chicago, 2011
- Following the Money 2011
- Privatization and the Public Interest: The Need for Transparency and Accountability in Chicago's Public Asset Lease Deals, 2011