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is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
Mission Statement
is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
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The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
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Current Events
16 New York City Custodians Are Charged With Embezzlement of DOE Funds and Kickbacks
Vendor secretly tapes the culprits, 9 of whom were doing business with companies operated by Robert Ferramosca of Staten Island.
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City Custodians Charged In Kickback Scheme May 6, 2005 LINK Sixteen school custodians have been charged with misusing or embezzling more than $529,000 in Department of Education funds and accepting more than $329,000 in kickbacks in separate schemes, investigators said Thursday. Authorities said nine custodians were doing business with companies operated by Robert Ferramosca, of Staten Island, without soliciting multiple bids from unrelated vendors as required under Department of Education policy. Some of the payments Ferramosca received were for goods that weren't ordered from his companies or were never delivered to schools, and in many cases the custodians got kickbacks for a percentage of a fake or incomplete order, the special commissioner of investigation for the city's schools, Richard Condon, said in a letter to schools Chancellor Joel Klein. There was no answer at a telephone number listed for Ferramosca, who Condon said ran or was associated with at least nine companies. Federal prosecutors said the other seven custodians paid a vendor for cleaning and janitorial products that were never delivered. The vendor then allegedly returned half the money to the custodians. Prosecutors said the vendor, who was not named, cooperated with law enforcement and recorded meetings with the custodians. The custodians charged in the first scheme each could face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted on a charge of misapplying school property. Some face additional fines or prison time if convicted of embezzling or stealing school property or receiving kickbacks, and one faces additional fines or jail time if convicted of obstructing a federal investigation. The custodians accused in the second scheme each could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of embezzling, stealing and misapplying school property and up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of mail fraud. All the custodians pleaded not guilty when arraigned Thursday afternoon, a Condon spokeswoman said. |
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