A controversial proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen protections for farm workers from adverse effects of pesticide exposure has drawn hundreds of thousands of comments.
Continue readingLiberal super PAC donors gearing up; Bankers and teachers groups lurch to life
Wednesday's filing deadline at the FEC brought with it a new trove of campaign finance data. See some of the juiciest nuggets in our monthly filing round-up.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/21/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the plight of the billionaire in politics, marching against corruption in Brazil, and fighting depression with open data.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/20/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including plenty of new data, changes in Ferguson, and trouble for Andrew Cuomo.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: How open is your city’s crime data?
SpotCrime ranks US cities on a scale of 0 to 2 on how open and transparent their police agencies are with crime data. A 2 ranking means the city is open with its data, a 0 means it’s not.
Continue readingNARA seeks public comment on metadata guidance
The National Archives and Records Administration is working on new guidance for agencies that are "transferring permanent electronic records" to them for archiving - paying specific attention to metadata.
Continue readingThe Lone Star State, a loner in corporate registry access
Weighing down LLC disclosure is a state like Texas, whose corporate records are not freely accessible – alarming for a state about to enter a contentious gubernatorial race.
Continue readingMichael Bloomberg pours millions into abortion fight
New FEC documents from Women Vote!, a Super PAC affiliated with Emily's List, show the former Mayor gave the group a $2 million cash infusion in July.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/19/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including a deceiving downturn in nationwide lobbying expenditures, the Hungarian Prime Minister's goal of an "illiberal" state granting him more power, and an Illinois House representative's coyness over his tax returns.
Continue readingCampaign intelligence: “Frankenfish” in Alaska, no drama in Wyoming
A look in to the money behind Tuesday's primaries in Alaska and Wyoming. We're following the political cash to show you who's spending big in these races and what they want in return.
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