Ways You Can Help the Transparency Movement
“We want to create 21st century-style accountability for lawmakers and help facilitate better connections between lawmakers and their constituents.”
Washingtonian Magazine
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The Transparency Campaign: Who We Are
Sunlight Foundation - A few weeks back, we asked members of our community to tells us a little about themselves: What are you looking for from their government? When it comes to transparency, ...
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Massa, Maf54 and the Ethics Committee
Sunlight Foundation - And now to totally contradict my previous post stating why no one needs to talk about tickle-monster Eric Massa. The House voted today 404-2 to recommend that the ...
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Earmark Season: Republicans up the ante on Democratic for-profit ban
Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group - Following the announcement by Rep. David Obey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Norm Dicks, incoming chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, that members can no ...
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Links after lunch
Sunlight Foundation - 1) Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and a member of her staff are being called before a grand jury in Michigan. Details are not known, but her son, former Detroit ...
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Lobbyists with big-name clients host fundraiser for Lungren
Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time - Tonight at the Capitol Hill Club, a long list of lobbyists will host a fundraiser for Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif), who is in a competitive race for reelection ...
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How a grant grew from $35,000 to almost a million
Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group - In 2004, the National Park Service gave the George Wright Society, a Hancock, Mich.-based nonprofit that promotes preservation and understanding of natural and cultural resources, a $35,000 cooperative ...
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NYT: E-mails Indicate Deepening of Scandal Surrounding Sen. John Ensign
Sunlight Foundation - While everyone’s been running around writing about former congresstickler Eric Massa, Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton of the New York Times spent some time digging further into a congressional ...
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Introducing the Cycle of Transparency
Sunlight Foundation - Government transparency is that rarest of political phenomena — a great idea with support across the political spectrum and ...
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Links at Noon
Sunlight Foundation - 1) Roll Call prints a classic headline: “Earmark Advocates Skeptical of Ban.” Who would have thought that? 2) Bailed-out firms are getting back in the lobbying game. 3) ...
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Quantifying Data Quality
Sunlight Labs - You've already heard me complain about data quality -- how it's a bigger problem than most people realize, and a harder problem than many people hope. But let's not ...
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Rail lobby
Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group - USA Today reported yesterday that an inspector general investigation and congressional critics say that the Federal Railroad Administration, which awarded $8 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds ...
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Pfizer CEO Gets Raise for Behind Scenes Deals With White House
Sunlight Foundation - The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Billy Tauzin was bounced from his perch as President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) after the ...
