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A year ago today, Congress’ Joint Committee on Printing directed that three sets of vital legislative and legal documents be... View Article
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The amount of money available for flagship transparency programs and how they will be funded is again the subject of... View Article
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A bill to make federal agency reports to Congress available to the public online has garnered bipartisan support in the... View Article
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Today the non-government organization Publish What You Fund released a report and index evaluating how well donors release information about... View Article
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Are Members of Congress using inside information gathered as part of their jobs to make financial investments (and get rich…er?)... View Article
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Yesterday, the TV News-Magazine 60 Minutes aired an interview with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. It’s worth watching in its entirety,... View Article
Continue readingThe Super Committee and November 23rd
Conventional wisdom holds that if the Super Committee does not come up with a plan to reduce the federal deficit... View Article
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Can corporations and labor unions hide how much money they spend on campaign-related ads by funneling money through other corporations... View Article
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