He’s now best known now for his tearful press conference at which he admitted, as the New York Times bloodlessly... View Article
Continue readingWe Know it Pays to Lobby, but What Does it Cost?
As the federal government considers changes to the Lobbying Disclosure Act, such as those we have recommended here, another consideration... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 6/7/2011
Here is Tuesday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News... View Article
Continue readingDevHouse DC Was Awesome
As was strongly implied would be the case, DevHouse DC #5 was awesome. We had dozens of folk over for coding, talking, soldering, eating, and presenting, variously interspersed throughout the office.
Hit the jump for some sweet photos, including our Labs Director Tom Lee, who did the bulk of the day's soldering, in the middle of a lightning talk about the LED numbers he's working on lighting up for an upcoming Sunlight project.
Continue readingThe Hidden Budget: Tax Expenditures — panel discussion June 13
In a fiscal climate where every penny counts, the rough equivalent of one-quarter of this year’s federal budget went to... View Article
Continue readingThe Pentagon’s Big Contractors Lobby Big and Get in Big Trouble
Recently, the Pentagon released the list of its top 10 contractors for 2010, all which spent significant amounts of money... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 6/6/2011
Here is Monday’s look at the week’s transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related... View Article
Continue readingMorning round up
Former Sens. Warren Rudman and Bob Kerrey, in their capacity as co-chairs of Americans for Campaign Reform (tagline: Our future... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Illinois to delay FOIA requests
While advocating for writing and printing as one of the strongest pillars of support for free government — the absence... View Article
Continue readingThree countries lobby to minimize fallout of political tug-of-war
South Korea, Panama and Colombia are lobbying to cement U.S. trade agreements that have been embroiled in political jockeying between the White House and Congress, recently filed foreign lobbying disclosures show.
On May 16, the White House announced President Obama will not sign the three trade agreements without Congress passing a job training legislation for workers displaced by foreign competition. Senate Republicans retaliated by threatening not to confirm President Obama’s choice for Commerce Secretary nominee. Soon after this impasse, the three countries upped their lobbying presence in Washington pushing their agenda for their country's free trade agreements ...
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