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The News Without Transparency: Health and Human Services Department Contributes to Big Government Spending on Advisory Committees

by Melanie Buck Dec 8, 2011 1:13 pm

Last spring the government technology newspaper Federal Computer Week highlighted the Health and Human Services Department for spending $1.6 billion on... View Article

The News Without Transparency: Records not so Open with Obama

by Melanie Buck Nov 30, 2011 8:04 am

The News Without Transparency: Records not so Open with Obama The Department of Justice’s recently proposed changes for the way... View Article

A Look at EPA & Commerce on Data.gov

by Melanie Buck Nov 21, 2011 10:39 am

Last month I looked at the report the Department of Transportation issued in response to President Obama’s January 18, 2011,... View Article

The News Without Transparency: Obama-Backed Solar Firm Collapses After Big Federal Loan Guarantee

by Melanie Buck Nov 15, 2011 12:38 pm

A relatively unknown private company filing for bankruptcy is not usually a major national news story. When the solar energy firm... View Article

The News Without Transparency: Members of Debt Panel Have Ties to Lobbyists

by Melanie Buck Nov 3, 2011 10:39 am

The News Without Transparency: Members of Debt Panel Have Ties to Lobbyists The congressional debt committee, commonly referred to as... View Article

Back to the Source REDACTED: $52 Steaks on Menu as AT&T Feted Lawmakers During T-Mobile Push

by Melanie Buck Oct 31, 2011 9:59 am

Back to the Source REDACTED: $52 Steaks on Menu as AT&T Feted Lawmakers During T-Mobile Push Do you remember the... View Article

DOT and Data.gov: Nice Job Being Responsive

by Melanie Buck Oct 24, 2011 2:59 pm

I am so pleased to see the Department of Transportation and Data.gov being so incredibly responsive to the concerns we... View Article

The News Without Transparency: A Congresswoman’s Cause is Often Her Husband’s Gain

by Melanie Buck Oct 24, 2011 10:02 am

The News Without Transparency: A Congresswoman’s Cause is Often Her Husband’s Gain Last month the New York Times looked into whether... View Article

The Case of the Missing DOT Data… Solved?

by Melanie Buck Oct 19, 2011 4:10 pm

Yesterday I wrote about my investigation into whether the Department of Transportation had put their data on Data.gov as promised months... View Article

The Case of the Missing DOT Data

by Melanie Buck Oct 18, 2011 10:53 am

The Department of Transportation has been a leader in complying with recentopen government initiatives, so I decided to use the agency... View Article

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