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*Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 the U.S. Attorney General's Department requires individuals and lobbying/PR and other companies representing foreign governments to report on the nature of their work and fees paid. The latest report available at http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/ covers the 6 months ending December 31, 2002.
*[http://www.SourceWatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Congressional_Research_Service The Congressional Research Service] produces public policy research reports on request for members of the U.S. Congress, committees and staff. While CRS does not itself release the reports some are available through **[http://fpc.state.gov//c4763.htm State Department], **[http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/ National Library for the Environment], **[http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/ Federation of American Scientists], **[http://www.house.gov/markgreen/crs.htm Congressman Mark Green], and **[http://www.house.gov/shays/resources/leginfo/crs.htm Congressman Christopher Shays].**The [http://www.opencrs.com Center for Democracy and Technology] has created an online database of Congressional Research Service reports.
* Political contributions to political parties and candidates and from companies, individuals and advocacy groups can be tracked for U.S. elections at the Center for Responsive Politics website, [http://www.opensecrets.org Open Secrets]. Other sources of funding and watchdog sites can be found at the [http://www.SourceWatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Follow_the_money follow the money] page.