The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding a hearing at 1:30 on the Obama Administration’s draft Executive Order... View Article
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I testified earlier today before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. It was a... View Article
Continue readingSpeaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor on Legislative Data Release
Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor today sent a letter to the Clerk of the House calling for better access... View Article
Continue readingSunlight: White House Should Release Executive Order Online Before Issuing It
We found out yesterday that the White House is considering issuing an Executive Order in response to last year’s Citizens... View Article
Continue readingPublic Still Missing in Offshore Drilling Oversight
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. I became particularly interested in the months after the disaster on... View Article
Continue readingSenate Expenses to be PDF’d
We’ve just gotten the following document, which gives us the latest on the Senate’s plan to post official Senate expenses... View Article
Continue readingHouse Rules Committee Looks at Legislative Versioning
The House Rules Committee is looking into how to provide better context for legislation, by showing the difference between different... View Article
Continue readingNew 72 Hour Rule Bill Introduced
On Friday, Rep. Peters introduced a new bill, (H. Res. 230), to carry the Read the Bill mantle. The bill... View Article
Continue readingData.gov Clarity
We shouldn’t be surprised that people are often confused by Data.gov. It is new, and represents something complicated. When the... View Article
Continue readingChairman Issa on Transparency Sites
Federal News Radio today has an important quote from House Oversight Committee Chairman Issa: “It was one of the things... View Article
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