[1] NOI provided data, digital, and other trainings to progressive campaigners and organizers.
[2] The Washington Post called NOI "the left's think tank for campaign know-how.
In 2011, NOI partnered with MoveOn.org, USAction, People for the American Way, and Rebuild the Dream in a drive to recruit, train and support 2,012 progressive candidates in 2012 for state, local and national office.
[11] In February 2015, eight senior staffers and a number of other paid employees were fired by NOI in response to a request that the board dismiss Executive Director Ethan Roeder due to frustrations over his lack of fundraising and management style.
[1] On October 9, 2015, NOI announced that it was closing shop and handing over certain aspects of its work to Wellstone Action.