Cowritten by Laurenellen McCann When federal agencies released their open government plans earlier this month the thing I was most... View Article
Continue readingGetting a Receipt this Year?
Hate 'em or love 'em, you almost certainly invested more of your hard earned money into the government last year than you did any other thing in your life. In fact, it's likely that you spent more on government than you did food, clothing and shelter combined. And did you get a receipt for it?
Continue readingVoters are Left in the Dark about Who Funds Senators’ Campaigns
Today, most citizens will be frantically filing their taxes with the IRS, or patting themselves on the back for getting... View Article
Continue readingDo Your Taxes And Then Come Have A Drink For Open Government
Tonight is the Sunlight Foundations Tax Day Fundraiser with Finn Riggins. If you are in DC tonight and haven’t RSVP’d... View Article
Continue readingSunlight keeps pushing for a strong response to Citizens United
According to various news reports, we can expect to see the legislative response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens... View Article
Continue readingWhen transparency can save lives
Dan Froomkin has a good write-up of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) failure to release certain notes related... View Article
Continue readingTreasury department holding back on details of mortgage modification program
Just how effective is the Obama Administration’s effort to help homeowners stave off foreclosure? It’s hard to know, in part because detailed data that could provide part of the answer is not available to the public.
The Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) started in February 2009. To date, the $75 billion program has helped about 170,000 homeowners avoid foreclosure by reducing mortgage payments, but the nuts and bolts of how loan modifications are structured, the criteria used to deny and approve modifications, and the documentation used to evaluate the original loans are unknown. The special inspector general ...
Continue readingSenate Democrats, Republicans Raced to Raise Money from Finance, Insurance, Real Estate Sector in 2009
More than two years after the collapse of Bear Stearns presaged the 2008 financial meltdown, the United States Senate is... View Article
Continue readingLocal Spotlight
In honor of Tax Day Ohio’s Jason Hart took a look at salary information for Franklin County’s administrators, specifically looking... View Article
Continue readingSecret Proclamations?
Apparently, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour issued a secret proclamation declaring April as Confederate Heritage Month. The proclamation was issued on... View Article
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