Three more agencies have begun posting, or provided a place to post, communications between lobbyists and agency officials in regards... View Article
Continue readingThe FCC, Ex Parte Communications, and Lobbying for Recovery Funds
Last week, I wrote about the number of agencies complying with President Obama’s memorandum on lobbyist communications related to funds... View Article
Continue readingNew Cosponsor for S. 482!
Thanks to Sen. Olympia Snowe, we are up to 34 cosponsors on S. 482, the Senate e-filing bill! If you... View Article
Continue readingLooking to Help “The Man”, Turning in My Chief Evangelist Badge
“What we’ve learned from the Open House Project,” said Sunlight’s Greg Elin, “is that whenever we sit outside and build things, we learn that there are people inside who want to do the same thing.”
That's me, quoted in Matthew Burton's 2008 essay, Why I Help "The Man", and Why You Should, Too. I've been thinking a lot about that quote and Burton's argument. I've been thinking I might like to be one of those people, "inside", taking advantage of the good stuff happening "outside". That's why I'm blogging my decision to resign as Chief Evangelist and conclude three years of consultancy with the wonderfully productive Sunlight Foundation in order to explore ways to more directly help the government build great web sites and embrace Government 2.0.
Continue readingLooking to Help “The Man”, Turning in My Chief Evangelist Badge
“What we’ve learned from the Open House Project,” said Sunlight’s Greg Elin, “is that whenever we sit outside and build things, we learn that there are people inside who want to do the same thing.” That's me, quoted in Matthew Burton's 2008 essay, Why I Help "The Man", and Why You Should, Too. I've been thinking a lot about that quote and Burton's argument. I've been thinking I might like to be one of those people, "inside", taking advantage of the good stuff happening "outside". That's why I'm blogging my decision to resign as Chief Evangelist and conclude three years of consultancy with the wonderfully productive Sunlight Foundation in order to explore ways to more directly help the government build great web sites and embrace Government 2.0.
Continue readingSenate E-Filing in Politico
The campaign to pass S. 482, the Senate e-filing bill, continues apace with a great mention in the Politico today.... View Article
Continue readingVote Report India
Chris Van Buren at Internet & Democracy Blog has an interesting post today about how social media is being used... View Article
Continue readingThe Apps for America Judging Process
Since announcing the winners yesterday, a few people have asked for notes about how the Sunlight Foundation selected the winners. The answer is: we didn't. The Apps for America judging process went like this: we got 5 judges to agree to judge the contest-- Adrian Holovaty, Peter Corbett, Xeni Jardin, Aaron Swartz and myself. We built a very lightweight judging app (screenshot) and invited every judge to log in and rate each app according to the attributes we specified on in the contest rules.
Continue readingEPA Reinstates Tougher Toxics Reporting Rules
Just in time for Earth Day comes this announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that there will again... View Article
Continue readingPMA Group Brought Large Return on Investment for Clients
In 2008, the PMA Group was hired by forty clients as their lone lobbying firm. These clients, largely seeking earmarks,... View Article
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