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AbOUT CREW

Who We Are

C

REW uses the legal system to restore public trust in government by

targeting corrupt and unethical government ofcials who sacrifce

the common good to special interests. CREW also uses litigation to

develop and promote government transparency.

Since its inception in 2003, CREW has played a key role in exposing the culture of

corruption in Washington and motivating the public and policymakers to change it.

CREW accomplishes this through:

• Highimpactlegalactionsincludinglawsuits,FreedomofInformationActrequests,

ethicscomplaints,FederalElectionCommissioncomplaints,InternalRevenue

Service complaints, and Department of Justice complaints;

• Exhaustivelyinvestigatedreportstoeducatethepublicandinuencepublic

discourse and policy;

• Comprehensivecommunicationsstrategytomaximizemediacoverageand

mobilizepublicsupportforreform;and

• Collaborationwithorganizationsfromacrossthepoliticalspectrumtofosteran

open and accountable government.

Historyshowsusthatthosewhohavepoweroftenabuseit.CREWservesasacheck

onthoseinpower,holdinggovernmentofcialsaccountablefortheiractions.

CONTENTs

Abot CREW .........................................1

etter rom Chie Consel ....................2

ilding Transparency Policiesnd Practices .....................................3–4

Holding Pblic Ocials Accontable .. 5

n-Depth Investigative Reports ............ 6

CREW in the News ................................7

Online Proects .....................................8

artnerships and Otreach ..................9

inancial Inormation ..........................10

“We have no counterpart

to [Citizens or Responsibility

and Ethics in Washington]…”

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LETTER ROM CHiE COUNsEL

Anne WeismannCREW Chie Consel

N ote f r om Ex e cutiv e Dir e ctor : Lit ig at ion r esult ing in g r eat er g ov er nment t r ans par

enc y

hasbeenasig nic ant par t of CREW ’ s por t f olio

ov er t he past y ear .Chief c ounselAnneW eismannhasbeent hear c hit ec t of CREW ’ slit ig at ionst r at eg y soI hav elef t it t oher t odesc r ibe our leg al ac c om plishment s. But CREW also has been busy on ot her f r ont s, c ont inuing t o t ar g et unet hic al member s of Cong r ess, and

pr oduc ing har d-hit t ing r e por t sandw ebsit esf oc usedong ov er nment

misc onduc t . W it h y our hel p, 2009 has been an ac t iv e, suc c essf ul

y ear .W ec ouldn’ t doit w it hout y ou.T hank y ouf or y our su p por t .

Melanie Sloan Ex ec ut iv e Dir ec t or

“Democracy requires

accountability, and

accountability requires

transparency.”

Predent barack Oama, Januar 2009

From its inception, CREW has used the legal system to hold the

government accountable. Because transparency strengthens our

democracy, CREW has spent the past year pursuing litigation to shed

light on our government’s activities. CREW’s Freedom o Inormation

Act (FOIA) lawsuits have ocused on such diverse topics as access to

White House visitor records, disclosure o the interview Vice President

Dick Cheney gave to the FBI as part o its investigation into the leak o

Valerie Plame Wilson’s covert CIA identity, the disappearance o millions

o Bush-era emails rom White House servers, and eorts by the Bush

administration to distort the scientifc evidence o global warming.

Given the Obama administration’s commitment to transparency and

accountability, CREW requently works with—rather than against—the

administration. In response to CREW’s FOIA lawsuits or records o White

House visits by top coal and health care executives, the Obama White House

(with a little prodding) reversed the course set by the Bush administration byreleasing the requested records and agreeing to disclose nearly all visitor records

on a rolling basis. CREW worked closely with the White House to reach

this compromise, establishing the oundation or a cooperative relationship

going orward. This has allowed CREW to weigh in with suggestions as to

how the executive branch can oster a culture o transparency.

Yet there are battles still to fght. The Department o Justice resisted

producing notes o an interview Vice President Cheney gave to the FBI

as part o its leak investigation, but eventually did so under court order.

CREW has made progress in convincing the White House to disclose

thousands o pages documenting the missing email problem, but is still

concerned about the process the Executive Ofce o the President is using

to identiy and restore the missing emails. And CREW is fghting to bring

more transparency to the lending practices o the Federal Reserve Board

at a time when public confdence in our economy has been deeply shaken.

This is not a time or complacency; much work

remains to transorm the new administration’s

policies o transparency and accountability into

concrete results. CREW will continue to be part

o that process and to work with other open

government groups, historians, and Congress to

ensure preservation o our government’s records.

With your continued support we can usher in a

truly open government.

Anne Weismann

CREW Chie Counsel



bUiLDiNg TRANsPARENCy POLiCiEs AND PRACTiCEs

memory, but the release of the records

is a step in revealing to the public and

theWilsonsthedegreetowhichMr.

CheneyandotherformerWhiteHouse

ofcialsabusedtheirpowerforpolitical

gain,destroyingMs.Wilson’scareerand

endangering national security.

CREW Otan Documentatono Mn Whte Houe Emal

CREWhasbeenworkingwiththe

Obama administration to settle its

lawsuitagainsttheExecutiveOfceof

the President based on the failure of the

Bush administration to preserve and

restore millions of email missing from

WhiteHouseservers.TheWhiteHouse

has provided CREW thousands of pages

of documents about the missing email

problem and the reaction of the Bush

WhiteHousetothediscovery.CREWisconsultingwiththeWhiteHouseonthe

restoration of the missing email and is

workingtoensureaneffectivesystem

isinplacetopreserveWhiteHouse

electronic records.

Tranparenc n nancal Reulaton

Thestateoftheeconomyandthemany

misstepsbynancialregulatorsmake

transparency in any recovery effort

reach a settlement giving the public

unprecedentedaccesstolearnwhois

inuencingWhiteHousepolicy.

Vctor n Otann Record o Chene bi intervew

On October 1, 2009, a federal courtordered DOJ to turn over to CREW

mostoftherecordsoftheinterview

former Vice President Cheney gave to

theFBIaspartofSpecialCounsel

PatrickFitzgerald’sinvestigationinto

theleakofValeriePlameWilson’s

covertCIAidentity.

DOJclaimedtherecordswereexempt

from disclosure because releasing them

might deter future high level White

Houseofcialsfromcooperatingwith

lawenforcementinvestigations,and

that such information might be usedtoembarrassofcialsonlatenight

television(whatwerefertoasthe“Daily

Showdefense”),butthecourtrejected

this argument. On October 30, most

oftherecordswerereleasedexceptfor

portionsreectinginternaldeliberations

andcommunicationsbetweenthe

president and vice president.

TheFBI’sinterviewnotesdemonstrate

Mr. Cheney has an extremely selective

Htorc settlement Leadn to Dcloureo Whte Houe Vtor Record

Afteryearsoflitigationseekingaccess

toWhiteHousevisitorrecords,CREW

and the Obama administration reached

ahistoricsettlement.TheWhiteHouse

notonlyprovidedCREWwithalltherecords sought, but more importantly

agreedtopostthevastmajorityof

visitorrecordsonline,allowingall

Americanstoseewhoisinuencing

WhiteHousepolicy.

Theagreementstemsfromfourlawsuits

CREWledagainsttheBushandObama

administrations seeking access under the

FreedomofInformationAct(FOIA)to

speciedWhiteHousevisitorrecords.The

twoBush-eralawsuitsinvolvedrequests

for records of visits by leading conservative

religious leaders and lobbyist StephenPayne,whilethetwoObama-eralawsuits

involvedrequestsforrecordsofvisitsbytop

coalandhealthcareexecutives.Although

a district court had ruled the records in

the Bush cases had to be released, the

DepartmentofJustice(DOJ)hadappealed

andrefusedtochangeitspositionwhen

the administration changed.

Eventually,CREWwasabletowork

withtheObamaWhiteHouseto



“CREW is earless in

taking on powerul

government ofcials,

orcing politicians to

behave ethically and

putting our interests ahe

o their own.”

bll Pre, author and hot o The Bill Pres

especiallycritical.Towardthatend,

CREWhassuedtheFederalReserve

Board for refusing to release documents

identifyingthosetroublednancial

institutionsthathaveutilizedthe

Board’sshort-termlendingfacilities.

CREW is also examining the systemicproblems that led to the Security and

Exchange Commission enforcement

division’scatastrophicfailureto

investigateBernieMadoff’sponzi

schemedespitewarnings.

rend o the Court bre

CREWhasledfriendofcourt(or

amicus)briefsinthreesignicantcases.

CREWledanamicusbriefinsupport

of the DOJ in a Supreme Court case in

whichthehonestservicesfraudstatute

hasbeenchallenged.Althoughthecase

before the Court involves the prosecution

ofcorporateexecutiveswholooted

their company, based on comments by

JusticeAntoninScalia,CREWfearsthe

Court might declare the entire statute

unconstitutional.CREWarguedwithout

this statute, prosecution of public

corruptionwouldbemuchmoredifcult.

CREWledanotheramicusbriefin

theNinthCircuitCourtofAppeals

supportingtheDOJ’sinterpretation

ofaprovisionoftheFederalElection

CampaignActafteralowercourt

dismissedanindictmentndingtheAct

only prohibited making a contribution

under a false name, not reimbursing

otherswhomadecontributionsundertheirownnames.CREWarguedthis

decision runs counter to nearly 40 years

ofprecedentand,ifallowedtostand,

wouldhaveadisastrousimpactonthe

ability of the Justice Department and the

FederalElectionCommissiontoenforce

federalcampaignnancelaws.

Finally,CREWledanamicusbriefin

anArizonadistrictcourtinsupportof

theDOJafterRep.RickRenzi(R-AZ)

arguedthatbecausetheFBIhad

incidentally overheard legislative

materialwhenlisteningtohistelephonecallsunderacourtorderedwiretap,the

entireindictmenthadtobethrownout.

CREW argued the Speech or Debate

Clause of the Constitution prohibits

the government from using legislative

material to obtain an indictment or

a conviction, but not from merely

overhearingsuchinformation.The

magistratejudgeagreed,butRep.Renzi

has appealed.



HOLDiNg PUbLiC OiCiALs ACCOUNTAbLE

CREW remains at the

oreront o holding

government leaders

accountable or unethical conduct

by keeping tabs on members o Congress and other public ofcials.

Conreonal Ethc

CREWledcomplaintsagainstSen.

JohnEnsign(R-NV)withtheFBI,

the Senate ethics committee, and the

FederalElectionCommissionfollowing

therevelationsthathehadanaffairwith

CynthiaHampton,thenhiscampaign

and political action committee treasurer,

married to his then-chief of staff,

DougHampton,andlaterredbothof

themandhelpedMr.Hamptonstartalobbying practice. Sen. Ensign may have

committed a federal crime by conspiring

withMr.Hamptontoviolatetheban

on senators and top-level staff lobbying

withinoneyearafterleavingtheSenate.

WhenSen.DavidVitter(R-LA)called

foraninvestigationintoACORNfor

allegedly assisting a fake prostitution

ring,CREWwasremindedthesenator

has yet to be held accountable for his

involvementwitharealprostitution

WhiteHouseofcialKarlRoveabouta

possible gubernatorial run and attending

meetings to plan logistics for the race

whilestillasittingU.S.Attorney.

CREWledacomplaintagainstSouth

CarolinaGov.MarkSanford(R)with

theSouthCarolinaAttorneyGeneral

and the State Ethics Commission,

requestinganinvestigationintowhether

the governor misused state resources

andviolatedstatelawbysurreptitiously

travellingtoArgentinatovisita

womanwithwhomhewashavingan

extramarital affair.

ring,revealedin2007,andledabar

complaintagainstthesenatorwiththe

LouisianaOfceofDisciplinaryCounsel.

ThecomplaintallegesSen.Vitter

violatedLouisiana’srulesofprofessional

conductforlawyersbycommitting

the crime of soliciting for prostitutionandrequestedaninvestigationintothe

senator’smisconduct.

CREW asked the DOJ to investigate

whetherRep.MikeRoss(D-AR)engaged

in bribery and honest services fraud by

selling his drug store to a pharmacy

chain that had an interest in pending

legislation for much more than the

property’svalue.

CREWledacomplaintwiththeOfce

of Congressional Ethics against Rep.

NathanDeal(R-GA)forillegallyand

unethically using his position to pressure

Georgiastategovernmentofcialsto

preserveastateprogramthatallowshim

to collect $150,000 a year for running a

car inspection station.

state Ethc

CREWaskedtheOfceofSpecial

CounseltoinvestigatewhetherChris

Christie, then-Republican candidate

forGovernorofNewJersey,violated

thelawbybothtalkingwithformer

“CREW helps ensure

all citizens are ree to

participate on equal

ooting in the political

process.”

Rev. Lenno yearwood Jr.,Predent, Hp Hop Caucu



iN-DEPTH iNVEsTigATiVE REPORTs

Copy right Notice: © 2009 Matt W uerker. Published originally at politico.c

Each year CREW publishes

hard-hitting investigative

reports that serve as

invaluable resources or journalists,

policymakers, and the public.

Mot Corrupt

CREWreleaseditsfthannualreport

on the most corrupt members of

Congress.CREW’s Most Corrupt Members

of Congress provides a detailed analysis

of the unethical and sometimes illegal

activitiesof15membersofCongresswho

mostegregiouslybetrayedthepublic’s

trust.Ofthisyear’slistof15,atleast

13 are under investigation. Of the 48

legislatorsCREWhasnamedintheve

years since starting the list, 27 are no

longerinofce.

Revolvn Door

OntheeveoftheBushadministration’s

nalcabinetmeeting,CREWreleased

Revolving Door ,arst-evercomprehensive

look into the activities of 24 former

membersoftheBushcabinet.CREW’s

report demonstrates that the revolving

doorstillswings.Thereportnamesthe

companiestheseformerofcialsjoined

andtheprivateinterestsforwhich

theyarenowadvocating.Perhapsmore

importantly,italsorevealsthepower

theseformerofcialscontinuetowield

withinthehallsofgovernment.

Pada Lender Pa Up

Inlightofnewlegislativeeffortsand

thegrowingcontroversyovertherole

ofpaydaylendersinAmericans’lives,

CREW released a study, Payday Lenders

Pay Up,whichexaminesthepaydayloan

industry’seffortstogaininuenceonCapitolHill.Therst-of-its-kindstudy

exploreshowthepaydayloanindustry

has stepped up its lobbying and public

relationsefforts—aswellasitscampaign

contributions to federal candidates—in

the face of greater congressional scrutiny

of industry practices. CREW found the

industry doubled its lobbying expenses

from $2 million in the 109th Congress

to more than $4 million in the 110th,

and doubled campaign contributions

over the past three election cycles. By

increasingtheireffortstoinuence

members of Congress, predictably,

paydaylendersarejoiningtheranksof

defense contractors and other industries

that attempt to skirt congressional

oversightbybuyinginuence.

you Don’t Know Jack

CREW launched You Don’t Know Jack,

an interactive graphic illustrating

theintricatewebofspecialinterests

surroundingRep.JackMurtha(D-PA).

Formanyyears,Rep.Murthahasbeen

treatingtaxpayerdollarslikehisown,

doling out funds to donors, friends,

andfamilymemberswhoingratiate

themselvesandcurryhisfavor.AsnewinformationaboutRep.Murtha’ssuspect

activities comes to light, CREW adds to

the graphic, creating a comprehensive

pictureofthelawmaker’sunseemly

activitiesandnetworkofcronies.

state Drector

CREWhascreatedanationwide

directory of groups in all 50 states and

theDistrictofColumbiaworkingto

identify, challenge, and deter unethical

conduct by local and state government

ofcials.CREWcreatedthisdirectory

becauselocalandstateofcialsexposedabusing the public trust are less likely to

reachhigherofce,wheretheywould

have greater opportunities to engage in

misconduct.Thisdirectoryrepresentsthe

launchofwhatwillbeanongoingproject

to identify and describe state-based and

localorganizationsthatshareaninterest

in integrity and accountability.

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CREW iN THE NEWs

CREW executes a comprehensive communications strategy to

maximize media coverage and mobilize public support or reorm.

Every day, news stories are published across the nation involving

CREW actions, analyses, and research. CREW felds hundreds o calls a

year requesting insight on congressional, presidential, and campaign ethicsissues rom reporters or major news organizations, including the Associated

Press, The Washington Post , The New York Times, The Rachel Maddow Show ,

Anderson Cooper 360°, and NBC Nightly News. In 2009, CREW has appeared

in almost 700 news stories and made more than 100 appearances on radio

and television.

eature

Thisyear,CREWExecutiveDirectorMelanieSloanwasfeaturedinseveral

nationalmagazines.Shewasincludedintherstever“OPowerList”published

intheSeptemberissueofOprahWinfrey’sO Magazine,recognizing20remarkable

visionarieswhoareexingtheirmusclesinbusinessandnance,politicsand

justice,scienceandthearts.O Magazinewrote:“CREW-nowwithastaffof17-has

revealeddirtytricksbylobbyistJackAbramoff,Rep.JohnMurtha(D-PA)and

manyothers.Politicos,beware:Nomatterwhereyoufallonthepartisandivide,

Sloanislookingoveryourshoulder.”

InApril,Rolling StonenamedMelanieonitslistof“100PeopleWhoAreChanging

America.”ShealsohasbeennamedoneofWashington,D.C.’sTopGrassroots

Lobbyists by The Hill newspaperforthreeyearsrunning.

“By holding government ofcials

accountable, CREW plays a critical

role in the American political

process. It is now ar more difcult

or unscrupulous politicians to act

with impunity.”

Davd brock, ounder,Meda Matter or Amerca

Sour c e: R o l l i n g S t o n e , Apr i l 2, 2009 .

Nick Anderson Editoria

l Cartoon used wi th the pe

rmission o f Nick Anderson and the Washing ton Po

s t

Wri ters Group in con junc tion

wi th the Car toonis t Group

. All righ ts reser ved.



ONLiNE PROJECTs

CREW’S ONLINE PROjECTS INCLuDE:

crewmotcorrupt.or is the

companion website to CREW’s annal

report on congressional corrption,

tracking the nethical and sometimes

illegal activities o 15 members o

Congress who have egregiosly

betrayed the pblic’s trst.

ermanepoed.orexposes

lobbyist Richard Berman’s activities,

his myriad ront grops and proects,

and his rm’s tactics. For years,

Berman has been a ront man or

bsiness and indstry, campaigning

against consmer saety and good

health policies.

tarptale.or serves as a central

repository or the latest news,

reports, and congressional hearings

related to the Trobled Asset

Relie Program.

corporatecrackdown.or/dell

targets Dell, Inc. or misleading

and deceptive bsiness practices.

CREW’s goal is to bring greater

pblic awareness to Dell’s resal

to keep its promise o “Next Day

Service” to its cstomers.

corporatecrackdown.orprovides

inormation on the intersection o

bsiness and government. The latest

news, reports, and blogs on corporate

maleasance are posted on the site to

expose companies that se their powerand infence to prioritize prot at the

expense o Americans’ interests.

overnmentdoc.or advances

the mission o greater government

transparency. The website allows

sers to search and review the tens

o thosands o government

docments that CREW and itspartners acqire throgh Freedom

o Inormation Act reqests.

you-dont-know-jack is an interactive

graphic illstrating the intricate web

o special interests srronding

Rep. jack Mrtha (D-PA). This site

allows visitors to explore the crooked

connections between the lawmaker

and his cronies.

ftheec.or provides inormation

abot problems with and matters

beore the trobled Federal

Election Commission.

CREW has successully tapped into the power o new media to educate and engage a larger audience about ethics

issues. By employing a multi-layered online strategy that includes email, social networking sites, and blogs

CREW has dramatically increased its online presence. In 2009, CREW launched fve new web projects,

created accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, and aggressively engaged with bloggers and online journalists.

CREWhasusedthesemajoronlinetools

to greatly increase the number of page

viewsanduniquevisitorstoitsmainsite

citizensorethics.org and its online

projects,includingmostcorrupt.org,

tarptales.org and bermanexposed.org.

Bytargetingnewaudienceswithmore

frequentemailalerts,aggressivesocial

networkingoutreach,andguestpostson

sites including HufngtonPost.com and

TheHill.com,CREWcontinuestogrow

itsonlineaudience.Inaddition,CREW

hascreatedtargetedblogandFacebook

adstodrivenewtrafctoCREWsites.

By pro-actively reaching out to bloggers

withinformation,researchreports,video

and commentary, CREW has increased

thenumberofpostsfeaturingitsworkon

suchinuentialwebsitessuchasDailyKos,

Americablog,andTalkingPointsMemo.

ACREWproject,governmentdocs.org,

wasnominatedfora2009Webby

Award,theleadinginternationalaward

honoringexcellenceontheInternet.

CREW has expanded its base of

email activists by 20% over the past

year,garneredover3,000“fans”on

Facebook,andmorethan900followers

onTwitter.



CREW requently works with

organizations across the

political spectrum to oster

open and accountable government.

Lon Retrcton

OnMarch31st,CREW,theAmerican

CivilLibertiesUnion(ACLU),andthe

AmericanLeagueofLobbyists(ALL)

sentalettertoWhiteHouseCounsel

Gregory Craig, urging the administration

to rescind a controversial ban on oral

communicationsbetweenregistered

lobbyistsandexecutivebranchofcials

regardingtheexpenditureofRecoveryAct

Funds.CREWarguedsuchabanwouldbe

ineffectivebecausebankofcers,corporate

directors,andbusinessexecutiveswould

become defacto lobbyists petitioning forfunds, but unlike registered lobbyists,

wouldnothavetodisclosetheircontacts

withthegovernment.Thebanalsomay

haveimpingedontheFirstAmendment

right to petition the government.

CREWworkedwiththeObama

administration to create a stronger

regulation and in July 2009, the

administrationamendedtheban.Now,

once an application for a competitive

loanorgranthasbeenled,noone—

registered lobbyist or not—can lobby

thegovernmentofcials

responsible for handing

PARTNERsHiPs AND OUTREACH

atWork,AmericanFederationofTeachers,

MothersAgainstDrunkDriving,Sierra

Club,andtheHumaneSocietytolaunch

BermanExposed.org.Thesiteunmasks

Richard Berman, the president of Berman

& Company and the executive director of a

numberofnon-prots,suchastheCenterforUnionFacts,theAmericanBeverage

Institute,andtheCenterforConsumer

Freedom,asapaidgun-for-hire.Berman’s

organizationsarefundedbycorporations

and use provocative scare tactics to

undermine unions, and public health

andconsumersafetyorganizations.

Tranparenc

CREW continues to promote and

recruit partners in an effort to make

GovernmentDocs.org—an online tool to

advance the values of open and accountable

government—a central repository for

government documents. On this site,

anyonecanbrowse,search,andcontribute

information about documents posted to the

site.CREW’spartnersincludetheACLU,

PublicCitizen,theProjectonGovernment

Oversight,theSunlightFoundation,and

theElectronicFrontierFoundation.

“CREW and the ACLU worked together to persuade the White House

to redefne lobbying rules to ensure the administration hears rom all

voices beore making stimulus unding decisions.”

Anthon Romero, Eecutve Drector, Amercan Cvl Lerte Unon

outthetaxpayerfunds.Atthesametime,

theWhiteHouserecognizedthatbanning

alllobbyistsfromtalkingtoanyofcial

prevents the government from getting the

information necessary to ensure taxpayer

fundsarewellspent.Theoriginalrules

werebasedongoodintentions,buttherevised rules are smart policy.

CREW Oer Ethc gudanceto Captol Hll sta

CREWhelditsrstethicstraining

sessionforcongressionalstaff.Although

the congressional ethics committees

provide mandatory ethics trainings,

these sessions typically serve to help

membersofCongressworkaround

therules.Incontrast,CREW’ssession

focused on the unethical activities that

landmembersinthesightsofwatchdogs

andonthefrontpagesofnewspapers.

Epon Rchard berman

CREW spearheaded a consortium of

unions and advocacy groups, including

theInternationalBrotherhoodofElectrical

Workers,theAFL-CIO,AmericanRights

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iNANCiAL iNORMATiON

summar statement o Actvte or the s Month Ended Decemer 31, 2008

REVENUE

Total Revenue & support $1,295,374

ExPENsEs

Educaton 472,286

Leal & Reearch 358,825

Total Proram 831,111

general Admntratve 184,750

Development 87,498

TOTAL ExPENsEs 1,103,359

Chane n Net Aet 192,015

Net Aet, bennn o Perod 3,058,391

NET AssETs, END O PERiOD $3,250,406

The above inormation shold be read in connction with CREW’s nancial statements or thesix months ending December 31, 2008, rom which the smmarized inormation is derived.

Total Program

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Development

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General Administrative

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