Senators are now allowed to have official Facebook pages, Roll Call ($) reported. I don’t yet have a copy of... View Article
Continue readingOpen Gov’t Directive: large data set release today
This evening, the White House issued a press release (included below) touting the release of nearly 300 data sets from... View Article
Continue readingSecretary Clinton’s Apps for the World
From a speech she gave yesterday on Internet freedom (transcript) (video): Let’s say I want to create a mobile phone... View Article
Continue readingCitizens United and Transparency: A Look Ahead
The Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited decision in the election law case Citizens United [PDF], to which Ellen has... View Article
Continue readingSupreme Court Issues Major Campaign Finance Decision
This morning, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in the major campaign finance and transparency case Citizens United. We are... View Article
Continue readingTime Running Short to Meet First OGD Deadlines
Executive branch departments and agencies are under tight deadlines to comply with President Obama’s high-profile Open Government Directive [PDF], with... View Article
Continue readingGovernment Transparency and the Supreme Court Case ‘Citizens United’
There is again speculation that the Supreme Court will issue an opinion in a major election and transparency case tomorrow.... View Article
Continue readingCongress Should Make All Ethics Documents Available Online
An article in today’s Washington Post on the limits of conflict-of-interest rules laments that “the ethics system on Capitol Hill... View Article
Continue readingDo Ray Mi FACA?
Yesterday, John and I met with the director of the fantastically-named Committee Management Secretariat, which oversees approximately 1,000 federal advisory... View Article
Continue readingWelcome Back, Congress
The House and Senate worked more days in 2009 than they have in any year since 1995, when the Republican... View Article
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