Wikipedia is the world’s most successful model of citizen engagement and collaboration. It began ten years ago as an experiment... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Grantee Publishes Studies on Campaign Ads and Spending Trends
The Wesleyan Media Project, a grantee of the Sunlight Foundation, recently announced two academic studies based on the comprehensive political... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-Up: Gov 2.0 for better governing
The term Gov 2.0 may throw some technologically challenged people such as myself, off . But Gov 2.0 guru Tim... View Article
Continue readingImproving Federal Lobbying Laws topic of ABA Task Force Report
Improving federal lobbying laws is the focus of a new report released by a task force of the American Bar... View Article
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For-profit colleges “increased their donations to lawmakers … [hoping] that donations will get them audiences with lawmakers to convince them... View Article
Continue readingDeterring Corruption by Improving Disclosure
Late last week, PMA lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti was sentenced to 27 months in prison and a $75,000 fine after pleading... View Article
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Just a couple of house-keeping notes: 1) I’ll be tracking the next moves of the 95 congressmen and 19 senators... View Article
Continue readingOuting another secret hold senator and hoping for an end to secret holds
The Senate has yet to convene for its first official legislative day and thus we have to wait for them... View Article
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Tom Donohue, the head of the US Chamber of Commerce, the largest lobby shop in Washington, gave his State of... View Article
Continue readingColbert Mocks Congressmen Who Skipped Oath For Fundraiser
Last week I reported on the potential ethics rules violation by two members of Congress who missed the congressional swearing-in... View Article
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