Organization question

[Skyth]

I'm working on an Organization that specializes in information. People are scattered around town keeping tabs on things and selling the info. Sages are available as well.

What would be the best group to represent the people scattered around town? I've used scofflaws, but that didn't make much sense as they aren't doing anything 'illegal' which is a pre-req for scofflaws but laborers didn't seem like a good fit either. Would Buerocrats be a good fit?

Also, which organizational random encounter chart would you roll under? None of them have a good fit. I've used thieve's guild, but that one has events that don't make as much sense as well.

[Dabbler]

Street urchins. Sherlock Holmes may be fictional, but many gangs (and the police) in Victorian London used the street kids as an intelligence resource, paying them to keep an eye on a place or person. Street children were beneath notice to most, so they were effectively invisible.

[Skyth]

I guess I should have specified that I meant within the Downtime rules from Ultimate Campaign.