This Thursday at 11am, the House Appropriations Committee will mark-up the legislative branch appropriations bill and an accompanying committee report.... View Article
Continue readingAppropriators May Undercut Legislative Transparency
by Daniel Schuman and Eric Mill House Appropriators may deal a tremendous blow to prospects for improving public access to... View Article
Continue readingFull Committee Markup on Leg Approps Set for Thursday
The House Appropriations Committee just announced it will hold a full committee markup this Thursday (May 31) on the Legislative... View Article
Continue readingWill the House’s Leg Spending Bill Match Its Transparency Priorities?
In the last 18 months, the House of Representatives has made significant strides towards greater openness and transparency in congressional... View Article
Continue readingSupport Free Access to Publicly-Funded Research
The federal government spends over $60 billion annually on research, but the resulting scientific articles are often only available behind... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Foundation, non-profits, file brief in SCOTUS dark money case
The Campaign Legal Center filed this amicus brief on behalf of 14 nonprofit organizations (including the Sunlight Foundation) before the... View Article
Continue readingTwo Steps Forward on Improving Public Access to Legislative Information
As I wrote yesterday, each day seems to bring a small step forward on improving public access to legislative information,... View Article
Continue readingAppropriators Should Consider Public Access to Leg Info at Friday Mark-up
Public access to legislative information could get a boost this Friday at a House subcommittee hearing. The Legislative Branch Appropriations... View Article
Continue readingShould Ambassadors Tweet? U.S. Embassies and Social Media
By Daniel Schuman, Cassandra LaRussa, and Ryan Sibley with Daniel Cloud, Kevin Koehler, Andrew Pendleton, Matt Rumsey, and Bridget Todd. Twitter has become... View Article
Continue readingWhat do you think about this “parliamentary transparency pledge”?
This Monday will bring the start of the “PMO Leaders Conference on Parliamentary Transparency and Networking” here in Washington, DC. Among the... View Article
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