Judicial Watch Inc

Legal - judicial watch prosecutes numerous lawsuits, typically on its own behalf but also on behalf of like-minded individuals or entities, to promote integrity, transparency and accountability in government and fidelity to the rule of law. Since its inception in 1994, judicial watch has prosecuted or defended hundreds of lawsuits in furtherance of its public interest mission and obtained many noteworthy successes.

Investigations/research - judicial watch monitors and investigates the actions of federal, state and local government entities and public officials, typically using open records laws such as the freedom of information act. Since its inception in 1994, judicial watch has served thousands of open records requests and secured the release of hundreds of thousands of previously undisclosed government records into the public domain. Judicial watch also maintains databases of the records it obtains and makes these records available to the public.