Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
Continue readingShould We Increase Lobbying Disclosure Requirements for Bailout Firms?
When bailed out companies spend money to lobby the government, should we expect greater transparency about their lobbying operations? This... View Article
Continue readingPolitical Party Time: More than 170 fundraisers for appropriators (already!) in 2009
We're just past the end of the first quarter of the current election cycle (with seven more to go before it's all over), but members of the Appropriations Committees in the House and the Senate have already had <a href="http://blog.politicalpartytime.org/2009/04/23/more-than-170-parties-with-appropriators/">more than 170 fundraisers</a>, according to my colleague Nancy Watzman.
A few thoughts: Earmark season (why do I imagine a lobbyist dressed up like Elmer Fudd?) comes early in the year--requests had to be submitted to members by April 3 in the House; for the Senate they'll start ...
Continue readingLive From the Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Clarence Thomas were surprised today when Texas Representative and transparency advocate John Culberson... View Article
Continue readingShould Data.gov visualize? Probably not.
A few people who saw our Data.gov design post asked for ways to visualize the data on Data.gov. As an organization that's such a proponent of data not only being free, but also using design to provide context to the data, why don't we advocate for data.gov to have visualizations for citizens to make sense of the data?
Continue readingAnother Cosponsor for S. 482!
A good week for electronic filing in the Senate. Sen. Claire McCaskill becomes the second senator to cosponsor S. 482... View Article
Continue readingBailout Watch debuts from Open the Government
File this one under useful tools -- our friends at Open the Government have launched Bailout Watch, a compendium of resources on TARP, Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and other places. I like the Expert Exchange page.
(Full disclosure: I sit on Open
Continue readingTransparency for Bird Strikes
Recently, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a call for public comments on a proposed ruling barring the release of... View Article
Continue readingOpenSecrets.org Reveals Money Behind Climate Change Debate
Throughout this week and in conjunction with Earth Day, Congress is conducting a series of hearings meant to move legislation... View Article
Continue readingWhat Are You Breathing Today?
Yesterday I wrote about how more and better downloadable data on toxics in our neighborhoods will be coming our way... View Article
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