The American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research (ACI) is a (tax-exempt and fully tax deductible) nonprofit American educational and research institute based in Reston, Virginia. The Institute claims to be an independent organization founded on a belief that consumer representations too often reflect either the interests of a small subsets of groups or mirror advocates’ political views based on subjective conclusions, rather than empirically based analyses. ACI released a study supportive of cable franchise reform. The ACI also released a study opposing network neutrality. Their work has been mentioned in the press, including the following: * Fox TV * NBC TV * Roll Call * United States Department of Justice filing to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cites ACI study