Last week, I took a look at the circle of former staffers turned health care lobbyists that surround Senate Finance... View Article
Continue readingIncreasing Legislative Transparency: Read the Bill and Beyond
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the cap and trade bill after an incredibly messy process left little time... View Article
Continue readingThis Week In Transparency – June 26, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and allies from the week:... View Article
Continue readingPersonal Democracy Forum: We.gov
Personal Democracy Forum kicks off Monday in New York. This will be PDF’s sixth event, with this year’s theme being... View Article
Continue readingHelp Sunlight Build Our FEC Testimony
Yesterday, the FEC posted a 46 page PDF file to its website asking for comments on the FEC.gov website. We've taken the entire PDF and put it up online for easy perusal. You can email the comments in to improvefecinternet@fec.gov, or send them in to the FEC via mail. But to make it really easy, we're launching our FEC Brainstorm today to solicit comments to submit to the FEC. We'll take the best comments that are submitted and include them in our testimony, with attribution of course.
Continue readingFriday Fun: How Fast Can Congress Read? (cap and trade)
At the time of creating this silly video and applet, there were 190,427 words in H.R. 2998, the American Clean... View Article
Continue readingGrace and Brilliance Under Fire in Albany
The New York State Senate’s chief information officer Andrew Hoppin and his team have been making tremendous strides in opening... View Article
Continue reading300 Pages Out of Thin Air
Today is the day that the House plans to vote on the cap and trade bill that has mysteriously changed... View Article
Continue readingCap and Trade Underpants Gnomes
The pace for the cap and trade bill continues apace. Today, the House Rules Committee posted to their web site... View Article
Continue readingStates of Disclosure
Early this morning, the Center for Public Integrity released their updated version of its States of Disclosure report. It’s a... View Article
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