The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is a leading United States whistleblower protection organization. Through litigating of whistleblower cases, publicizing concerns and developing legal reforms, GAP’s mission is to protect the public interest by promoting government and corporate accountability. Founded in 1975 as part of the Institute for Policy Studies, GAP is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. GAP's leadership includes Louis Clark as President, Beatrice Edwards as Executive Director, and Tom Devine as Legal Director.
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“How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as my government which is the slave’s government also.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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