Nick Troiano at SocialGovernment.com has an interesting and important post about government transparency, the 2.0 version. Nick was reflecting from... View Article
Continue readingCountering the Reward Method of Corruption
David Sirota posted on OpenLeft yesterday on what he called “the reward method of corruption.” Sirota writes, “As opposed to... View Article
Continue readingLocal Sunlight
This week I have highlights from Arkansas, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Continue readingOpen data
It's not just the Open Secrets that's going open data. Our Political Party Time project is making its raw data available too. Find out some of the places where contributors in Open Secrets data rub elbows with members of Congress!
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$4.5 billion-dollar tariff break back
Among the tariff suspension bills considered by the 110th Congress, which went out of business before passing any of the them, one stood out: the Affordable Footwear Act. Most tariff suspension bills--which temporarily reduce taxes on imported goods--have only one sponsor. This one drew 157 co-sponsors. Most tariff bills benefit one firm, or at most a handful of firms; this one was accompanied by 111 pages of letters, all but three of which were from supporters. Most tariff bills cost the Treasury at most a couple of million while they're in effect; this one had at 2009 price tag ...
Continue readingOpenSecrets Goes OpenData
This is very big news. As of today, Center for Responsive Politics’ site OpenSecrets.org has gone “open data.” For the... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – April 13, 2009
Each weekday, Sunlight’s communications team collects all the press mentions of Sunlight and of our grantees. Instead of just keeping... View Article
Continue readingComments Due Friday on OMB Recovery Guidance to Agencies
So you say you want a revolution? This Friday, April 17, is the deadline to provide feedback to the Office... View Article
Continue readingNew OMB Memo Clarifies Lobbying Restrictions
A new memo from the Obama administration clarifies the strict lobbying restrictions set by the March 20th memo. (The March... View Article
Continue readingWho’s manning the TARP desk?
Less than half a dozen people are responsible for making the final decisions about which banks get part of the $700 billion in bailout money available through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, according to Department of Treasury officials. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Sunlight Foundation in January for the members of the TARP Investment Committee, a FOIA officer recently responded with just four names, including Assistant Secretary, Neel Kashkari; Chief Investment Officer, James Lambright; Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, Karthik Ramanathan and Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Ralph Monaco, all holdovers ...
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