Triad Watch, from North Carolina, has great posts about the Mayor of Greensboro and the County Commissioner being offered free... View Article
Continue readingE&C Web Site Goes Down, Bill Still Posted
It appears that the demand for information about today’s deal between Energy and Commerce Chair Henry Waxman and committee Blue... View Article
Continue readingDjango hits the big 1.1
Django 1.1 is out! We're big fans of Django.
Continue readingThe Machine Can Make It For Us
So, the House Ethics Committee is planning on reviewing the 2007 travel rules and one area they hope to fix... View Article
Continue readingOur Fifth Judge
I'm happy to announce our fifth and final judge in Apps for America 2 the Data.gov Challenge: Cyrus Krohn. Cyrus the Director of Local Programming at Microsoft and former Director of the Republican National Committee's e-Campaign Division during the 2008 election cycle. He was Slate magazine's first employee and launched the groundbreaking webzine in 1996. He brings a unique perspective of having both worked in politics, and worked with local data. We're happy to have him participating as the fifth and final judge.
So, there you have it-- you can follow all the judges on twitter, too:
Continue readingHouse GOP Health Group Stacked With Health Sector Campaign Cash
The House Republican group tasked with working on health care reform is packed with members who have received substantial campaign... View Article
Continue readingTen Great Government Web Sites
Joab Jackson at Government Computer News has, for the second year in a row, pulled together a compendium of 10... View Article
Continue readingFEC Hearing tomorrow
I'm going to testify to the FEC about your ideas that you came up with on how the FEC can improve their website. There'll be live audio of the event and you can tune in around 2pm Eastern for the remarks, or tune in to the whole thing if you'd like starting in the morning. Thank you for all the comments and hopefully we'll be able to help the FEC make some real changes. I'll let you know how it goes when I get back.
Continue readingLawmakers Actually Sit Down to Read the Bill
In light of Rep. John Conyers’ statement that I posted about yesterday, I’m glad to see that other lawmakers are... View Article
Continue readingStimulus Lobbying Rules, Take Two
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget released the administration’s new stimulus lobbying rules on Friday, as John mentioned... View Article
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