Sunlight Foundation

NEWS ROUNDUP:

• The House Judiciary Committee is planning to subpoena the Obama administration for documents outlining the legal justification for killing American citizens suspected of terrorism while abroad. The subpoena comes after the administration missed a deadline set by the committee's chair and ranking member to turn over the documents. (The Hill)
• States don't do a very good job making information about income tax rates and common tax forms available on their websites. A new study by the Tax Foundation found that only five states had information about income tax rates five clicks or less deep into their websites. (Government Technology)
• President Obama's budget recommends a .94% cut to the GPO's outlay for FY2014. The budget includes large cuts to the GPO's printing and binding budget and a healthy bump to its revolving fund, which would be used to pay for projects related to FDsys as well as IT improvements. (Fierce Government)
• Obama's budget also shifts responsibility for USASpending.gov from GSA to the Treasury Department. Treasury will work to identify medium and long term changes to the site.  (Executive Government)
• When President Obama travels to the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library, for which W raised over $500 million, later this month he'll be doing a little fundraising of his own. The President and Michelle Obama will fly in a night early to hit up donors. (Washington Times)
• Likely 2016 GOP candidate and boy wonder Marco Rubio raised $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2013. Whether he's prepping for his reelection bid or a White House run, he looks to be on the right track. (POLITICO)
• Former Florida Representative Connie Mack tried and failed to take his dad's old job in the Senate last year. This month, he's following his father to K Street. He will join Liberty Partners, where Connie Mack Senior is already a partner. (Roll Call)

NEWS ROUNDUP:

• Progress Kentucky, a nascent super PAC formed to badger Mitch McConnell, has  only managed to raise $1,000 since its inception late last year, but has proven much more adept at getting national headlines. They first made the scene in February with a racist tweet about McConnell's wife, now rumor has it they were behind recordings of McConnell campaign strategy sessions. (Washington Post)
• Almost half a million people petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission, asking them to make publicly-traded corporations disclose their political spending. The petition is on the SEC's long term schedule, but its future is unclear. (NPR)
• Organizing for Action raised just shy of $5 million in its first quarter of operations, pulling an average of $44 from over 100,000 individual donors... (Washington Post)
• ...they did manage to find a few high dollar donors, including Philip Munger who gave $250,000 and the National Education Association who chipped in more than $15,000. (Roll Call)
• Tech President talks about the Knight News Challenge in podcast form. (Tech President)
• It's pretty easy to start a super PAC, so easy that any amateur with the wherewithal to file papers with the FEC and open a bank account can do it. This has led to some serious public relations headaches for the major parties, who have no way to exert control over all of these groups.  (POLITICO)
• Congress moved quickly and quietly late last week to strip the STOCK act of much of its power while rolling back some of its more controversial provisions. The House followed suit Friday after the Senate passed legislation late on Thursday. President Obama also snuck an announcement that he would sign the legislation in to a court filing on Friday. (Roll Call)