Mission:

The Better Government Association (BGA) is a non-partisan non-profit organization committed to fighting waste, corruption and inefficiency in government.



A nationally recognized nonpartisan watchdog, the BGA applies investigative journalism techniques, litigation, and public policy studies to expose problems, inform citizens about the operations of their government and lay the groundwork for substantive legislative and administrative reforms.



The BGA remains committed to the same principles that mobilized our founders more than 80 years ago:



A public office is a public trust.

Anything that diminishes that trust, such as waste, fraud and corruption, ultimately undermines the public’s confidence in government.

Such actions cost legitimate programs scarce resources and lead to decisions based upon private gain rather than public good.

The BGA strives to improve performance of government at all levels, and uses two main strategies to do so: investigations and policy analysis.