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Continue readingCMS removes PDF used to train assisters in providing healthcare outreach to Latino communities
The training resource, which had still-accurate information, was taken down from the CMS.gov Health Insurance Marketplace website without notice
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Perking Up
In today's edition, when members of Congress lose their seats they keep the perks, subpoenas fly in a Trump emoluments lawsuit, media freedom is at a 10 year low, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Power Grabs
In today's edition, state lawmakers respond to election losses by limiting winners' power, a program plays matchmaker between agency data and civic innovators, documents shed light on power wielded by the VA's Mar-a-Lago overseers, a Filipino journalist turns herself in to government agents, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: First Things First
In today's edition, House Democrats unveil their first legislative priority as they prepare to take power in the 116th Congress, the GAO has probed President Trump's Mar-a-Lago visits but the reports aren't yet public, journalists face danger during French protests, and more.
Continue readingThis Week in Conflicts: Details on Trump Tower Moscow Deal, Pruitt Escapes Investigations and the Trump Foundation Lawsuit Moves Forward
This week, new details emerge about the plans for a Trump Tower in Moscow, reports show investigations into Scott Pruitt, the former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), have ended due to his resignation, and a judge has ruled the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against the Trump Foundation can proceed.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Plead Plead Me
In today's edition, Michael Cohen cops a plea, super PACs spent the most in 2018, Hungary's leader consolidates his hold on the media, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Have you tried turning it off and on again
In today's edition, Congress needs a reboot, the problem with partisan election officials, the Secret Service tests facial recognition at the White House, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Overstated
In today's edition, cities embrace public financing of election campaigns, the House Intelligence Committee wants more staffers with security clearances, the latest Trump administration conflicts of interest, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Unbelievers
Today's edition features the Pentagon's first department-wide audit, President Trump's denial of his own administration's climate change report, threats to campaign finance reform in New York State, some bad news for Facebook in Britain, and more.
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