Mission:
To keep a vigilant and long-term eye on the way the Department of Justice is administering justice in America and to provide a forum for analysis, praise, and criticism of the department's actions. Watching Justice also monitors those offices in the Department of Homeland Security such as border security and immigration services that used to be based in the DOJ.

Background:
A new project of the Open Society Institute's U.S. Programs, Watching Justice is a nonprofit government watchdog and the most comprehensive site on the Web dedicated to tracking the activities of the DOJ. It draws on the work of numerous civil rights, civil liberties, and advocacy groups nationwide and serves as an information clearinghouse, directing users to more than 100 organizations that monitor the DOJ, from the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee to the Violence Policy Center.

Outstanding Feature:
The Web site tracks federal government activities relating to civil liberties; civil rights; courts and judicial selection; criminal justice; sentencing disparities; death penalty; environmental protection; gun violence prevention; immigration; detention without charge; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues; rights of women; government transparency; and other issues. It offers news updates, recommendations of publications that deal with the federal justice system, briefs on current events, and upcoming events. Users may sign up for e-mail updates through the site.