The Sunlight Foundation sent a letter to the FCC urging them to stay strong and adopt transparency rules that would... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: Lack of campaign finance disclosure “leads to the appearance of it being inappropriate”
In DC, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) must provide the DC Auditor with quarterly financial reports. The DC Auditor audits financial... View Article
Continue readingWith merger, expect airline lobbying to take off
American Airlines and US Airways, the fourth and fifth biggest domestic airlines that took another step towards merger Friday, are also high fliers when it comes to political influence.
Any marriage of the two carriers would require government approval, and both airlines have been active lobbying Congress -- which controls the budgets of the federal agencies that would review the merger's impact on the market, the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.
American Airlines has spent $3.8 million on lobbying in the first three quarters of 2011 and has hired 10 lobbying firms during that period.
Although US ...
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 4/20/2012
NEWS ROUNDUP Lobbying We the lobbyists: Trade groups and watchdog organizations are using the White House’s “We The People” online petition... View Article
Continue readingMaj Leader Cantor: DATA Act Up For Vote Next Week
Here’s the text of Rep. Cantor’s remarks: “Mr. Speaker, the House will consider a number of bills under suspension of... View Article
Continue readingGuess Who’s Coming to TCamp12: The TCamp Scholars Edition
“Guess Who’s Coming to TCamp12” is an mini-series we started to introduce some of the faces you’ll see at TCamp,... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 4/19/2012
NEWS ROUNDUP Government Earmarks by any other name… In the wake of reforms that effectively ended the earmark process many lobbyists... View Article
Continue readingWho funded pro-Romney ad in South Carolina? We may never know
The ever-hard to track Citizens for a Working America, last seen in Iowa making a big Christmas Eve ad buy on behalf of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has resurfaced in a new-old incarnation.
Confused? So were we, when we last wrote about this shadowy organization. No wonder.
Turns out that the name Citizens for a Working America is shared by two linked but distinct entities:
- Citizens for a Working America PAC, a super PAC that first surfaced in 2010 when it helped defeat veteran Democratic Rep. John Spratt, a South Carolina Democrat who chaired the House Budget Committee, and ...
Federal Budget Infographics: Interesting Subject, Disappointing Design
Two days ago the Congressional Budget Office released some new infographics about the Federal Budget in an attempt to show where revenues come from and where they are spent. Their undertaking, although valiant, falls a little flat. Sadly, many companies reach for the magical infographic but rarely are they implemented well, which many times just adds more confusion to the subject presented. Where these infographics go wrong is in their non-use of common graphics to represent the information more clearly and their lack of common design practices.
Continue readingThe X-factors? Lesser-known super PACs could have big impact in fall congressional races
While the super PACs supporting presidential candidates have been in the spotlight in the early months of the campaign season, a number of lesser-known -- but potentially as influential -- super PACs are emerging. Filings that came in over the weekend at the Federal Election Commission featured a number of heretofore unsung super PACs, many formed for the purpose of influencing a specific House or Senate election.
Though they are smaller than their presidential counterparts, some of the groups benefit fromt he same big-name donors. While some super PACs are new, others appear to be gearing up for an encore after playing ...
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