In a sign of the ambiguity of international policy toward Libya, Ali Suleiman Aujali, the diplomat who made headlines when he defected from the Gadafi Government in February, has registered as a foreign agent with the U.S. Justice Department to represent the Transitional National Council of Libya, the umbrella group representing the forces opposed to the rule of Muammar Gaddafi.
The State Department has not officially recognized the opposition rebels as the legitimate government of Libya. If it had, as the Foreign Agent Registration Unit notes on its website, no filing would be necessary. "Diplomats and officials of foreign ...
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Senators Urged by Colleagues to File Campaign Finance Reports Electronically. Did Anyone Listen?
Friday was the deadline for Senate candidates to file their campaign finance disclosure reports. Most did so. On paper. Lots... View Article
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The House of Representatives is showing off a preview of their new website, over at preview.house.gov. It features a brand... View Article
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The House of Representatives is showing off a preview of their new website, over at preview.house.gov. It features a brand new design, a modest expansion of available data, and more educational material for citizens about the House and its functions.
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 4/25/2011
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 readingNew Medicare data sheds light on hospital errors
Despite the opposition of hospitals and their trade groups, Health and Human Services has released data for the first time... View Article
Continue readingFirst glimpse at medical error rates separates the good, the bad and the ugly
Between Oct. 1, 2008 and June 30, 2010, Medicare patients at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, N.Y., suffered thirteen instances of severe bed sores during their stay requiring additional treatment, a rate of nearly 2.9 per 1,000 treated. At St. John’s Riverside Hospital, three miles down Broadway from St. Joseph’s, the rate was 20 times lower: only one severe bed sore was reported, even though St. John's discharged far more Medicare patients during that period -- 8,270 to St. Joseph's 4,541.
Over the protests of groups like the American Hospital ...
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CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING REMAINS HIDDEN —LAT: “Despite mounting calls for greater transparency, only a few of the country’s 75 leading... View Article
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Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., recently got into a bit of trouble when he falsely stated on the floor of the... View Article
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