1) Former New York Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno was convicted on two counts of corruption and faces up to... View Article
Continue readingOver the years, it’s gotten harder to read the final bill
The year is winding down and for Congress that means it is time to pass the final versions of bills... View Article
Continue readingMorning Links
1) Big Obama donors complain that they aren’t getting enough perks for all the money they helped raise. Didn’t Obama... View Article
Continue readingWhy Look At Former Staffers Turned Lobbyists?
Throughout this year I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at the connections between powerful players in the health... View Article
Continue readingFEC Guts Post-Abramoff Reform
The Federal Election Commission — the supposed referee of fair campaigning — has just created an ethics loophole big enough for lobbyists to fly a corporate jet through.
Continue readingAfternoon Links
1) John Wonderlich joins Sheila Campbell and Mark Drapeau in grading congressional committee web sites. 2) The Center for Public... View Article
Continue readingState Level Data Opening Up
This is from US Deputy CIO for Open Government Beth Noveck: Inspired by the President’s call for more open government,... View Article
Continue readingTransparent: The Word
I was just having a conversation about the etymology of the word “transparent” with some coworkers. Luckily, the Internet has... View Article
Continue readingStimulus Leads to Better State Level Reporting
NextGov reports on positive side-effects of the stimulus’ disclosure and transparency provisions: Technology that states have deployed to report how... View Article
Continue readingLawmaker Investments and Disclosure Part II
Following up on the previous post, I took a look at the Baird bill (H.R. 682) to require disclosure of... View Article
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