WashingtonWatch.com, run by our colleague and frequent collaborator Jim Harper, announced yesterday that they’ve added new data for bills’ projected... View Article
Continue readingThe 72 Hour Rule is Still a Good Idea
Dave Weigel points out that the 72 hour rule isn’t enough in a blog post, suggesting that putting bills online... View Article
Continue readingOpenSuperCongress: Debt Committee Must be Transparent
Sunlight is ramping up our effort to get the new “Super Congress” committee to be as transparent as they are... View Article
Continue readingSuper Congress? Better be Super Transparent.
The debt limit bill that just passed the House creates a powerful new joint committee (the “Super Congress”), with enormous... View Article
Continue readingVoting Blindly on the Debt Limit Bill
As Byron York just pointed out, the debt limit bill is being urgently rushed through Congress, and Members of Congress... View Article
Continue readingOGE Non-Profit Board Regulations
The Office of Government Ethics is planning to make it easier for government employees to serve on non-profit boards. A... View Article
Continue readingDebt Limit Secrecy
Every time we learn something about the debt ceiling negotiations, we should take it with a big grain of salt.... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 6/27/2011
(Collected today by Sunlight intern Jacob Hutt.) Here is Monday’s look at the week’s transparency-related news items, congressional committee... View Article
Continue readingBidding Farewell to Federal CIO Vivek Kundra
Today, the White House announced that Vivek Kundra, the country’s first federal Chief Information Officer, is leaving later this summer... View Article
Continue readingAnti Disclosure Bills in House and Senate
New bills in the House and Senate are aimed at blocking a new Executive Order before it’s ever signed. The... View Article
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