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Sources of Funding:
"The NDI receives financial support from the United States Congress, the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development as well as from approximately 35 other countries, multilateral institutions and foundations. Previous supporters include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United States Institutes of Peace, the government of Sweden and the Middle East Partnership Initiative. The NDI is not a grant-making organization." should be changed to:

"The NDI receives financial support from The National Endowment for Democracy, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) , the U.S. Department of State , and the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) . Furthermore, the NDI receives contributions from governments, foundations, multilateral institutions, corporations, organizations, and individuals. Some of these governments and multilateral institutions include the Government of Australia , Government of Denmark , and Government of Belgium ."

Success:
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"In 30 years, the National Democratic Institute has worked in 132 countries and territories around the world and supported the efforts of 15,000 civic organizations, 850 political parties and organizations, 10,000 legislators, and 1,300 women's organizations. Furthermore, NDI has organized over 150 international election observer delegations in over 62 countries. The NDI has monitored over 340 referenda and elections and trained over 3 million election observers in over 85 countries. Furthermore, they have helped partner groups organize 300 candidate debates in over 35 countries. "

Awards, Events, and Honors:
Under the W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award:

Past recipients of the award have included:

Senator Barbara Mikulski, D-MD

Archbishop Desmond Tutu  of South Africa

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  of Liberia

former United States President Jimmy Carter

former Czech President Václav Havel

former United States President Bill Clinton

Varela Project leader Oswaldo Payá of Cuba

Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine K. Albright

Yassine Brahim

Rafik Halouani

Wafa Makhlouf

Sayida Ounissi

Content
"For good governance, it is beneficial to make governments, their institutions, and markets transparent. Information is a necessity for a democracy to function and for citizens to have a basis of insight into what their government legislates. Information is to how a democratic government and system functions, in which it is necessary for citizens to voice their opinions on matters regarding policies/bills and their political lawmakers and representatives. It enables for a sense of open government and transparency to which a government that functions for the people should be based on. Democracy being correlated with transparency presents a good governance system that employs itself for the nation and its people. Democratic governments enable a sense of openness through transparency, what the people want, in order to attain greater knowledge of the inner mechanisms of a governing system and its legislative processes on specific matters that pertain to the people of the nation. With this transparent system, the citizens, especially the voters, will have a greater insight into what occurs, so they can voice their opinions more actively and effectively to gain a greater sense of value in the political realm." should be changed to:

"Government transparency is beneficial for efficient democracy, as information is necessary for citizens to form meaningful conclusions about upcoming legislation and vote for them in the next election. Attainable information enables a sense of open government and transparency to which a government that functions for the people should be based on. With government transparency, citizens can voice their opinions more actively and effectively in the political realm, thus fulfilling their civic duty in society as well. According to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, greater citizen participation in government is linked to government transparency. "

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"Other advocates include President Obama, who in 2009, sought out an Open Government Initiative in order to improve the trust within the United States government and " establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. " His strategy for transparency correlates with democratic values in how it allows for greater sight into the functions of the governmental institutions. Openness allows for more insight into the government, which gives the citizenry a greater sense to engage politically and collaborate to improve their own standing and the efficiency of the government's legislative processes . His platform of endorsing the accessibility of government data online to the public paves the way for increased transparency to governing systems and for an openness that allows the public to view and establish opinions on policies concerning themselves and their fellow voters. His willingness for greater openness in governmental institutions demonstrates what we are thriving to achieve as a community: transparency for the benefit of the citizens and their concerns with the government and society as a whole. The initiative has goals of a transparent and collaborative government, in which to end secrecy in Washington, while improving effectiveness through increased communication between citizens and government officials. Though there is confusion about the goals of the Open Government Initiative, there is certainty that it has been designed by the Obama administration in an effort to establish a more democratic and effective system of governing, a system that improves the openness for the sake of its citizens and their concerns with trusting the government and its secretive functions."

Add a Section titled "Organizations Championing for Open Government":

Organizations Championing for Open Government:
Open Government Partnership - OGP was an organization launched in 2011 to allow domestic reformers to make their own governments across the world more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens. Since 2011, OGP has grown to 75 participating countries today whose government and civil societies work together to develop and implement open government reforms.

Code for All - Code for All is a non-partisan, non-profit international network of organizations who believe technology leads to new opportunities for citizens to lead a more prominent role in the political sphere and have a positive impact on their communities. The organizations relies on technology to improve government transparency and engage citizens.

Sunlight Foundation - The Sunlight Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 2006 that uses civic tech, open data, and policy analysis to make information from government and politics more transparent to everyone. Their ultimate vision is to increase democratic participation and achieve changes on political money flow and who can influence government. While their work began with an intent to focus only on the US Congress, their work now influences the local, state, federal, and international levels.

Code For All (Final article: Code for All)
Lead: Code for All is a non-partisan, non-profit international network of organizations who believe that technology opens new opportunities for citizens to more meaningfully engage in the political sphere and in turn have a positive impact on their communities. Code for All uses easy-to-access technology to improve government transparency, engage citizens in politics, and improve government and civil society.

Partners
Their partners span around the world and include Code for America, Code for Germany, Code for Poland, Code for the Caribbean, Code for the Netherlands, Code for Pakistan, Code for Australia, Code for South Africa, and Code for Japan. All Code for All partners build civic technology projects that support government and improve communities.

In America, organizations such as the Knight Foundation, Omidyar Network, and Google support Code for America. Some major individual supporters include Ryan Gates, Leslie Hensley, and Alan Eustace. Code for America focuses on the idea that government should work for the people, by the people.

Code for America
Code for America is one of the partnerships of Code for All founded in 2009 by Jennifer Pahlka to address the use of technology in public and private sectors. Its largest program is the Brigade, which includes local groups of civic hackers and community volunteers who meet to improve the technology and transparency of their local governments.

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