Speaking of Open Congress’ spiffy new features, check out this new “rushed bills” option mirrored at our own Read the... View Article
Continue readingNew From OpenCongress: Wiki, Video, Inline Commenting on Bills and More
Our colleagues behind OpenCongress are unveiling some significant new features to make it easier than ever to keep track of... View Article
Continue readingData.gov: The Vivek Kundra Opportunity
Over the past few months, I've had the pleasure of meeting and working with Vivek Kundra in his job as the CTO of Washington, DC. Today he was today he was appointed to the new position of CIO of the federal government. He's a visionary -- a leader in the field of eGovernment who understands that technology can be used to change the way government operates, can be used to save money, as a way to inform citizens -- all for the sake of our democracy for its citizens. From my interactions with him it is clear he believes in three things:
Continue readingDodd, Shelby Call on Release of Counterparty Names
Following calls from their fellow senators, Banking Committee Chair Chris Dodd and Ranking Member Richard Shelby slammed the Federal Reserve... View Article
Continue readingRead the Bill: Federal News Tonight Interview
Sunlight’s Lisa Rosenberg sat down with Federal News Tonight to discuss the Read the Bill campaign. Check it out: Don’t... View Article
Continue readingSenate approves earmarks for PMA Group clients
Sen. Tom Coburn would like to do away with all earmarks; this evening the Senate voted on an amendment he proposed that would eliminate, from the Omnibus Appropriations bill, earmarks for 14 clients of the soon-to-be-defunct lobbying shop, the PMA Group. The purpose of the amendment read as follows:
To prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign donations in exchange for political favors for the group's clients.
Like previous measures aimed at PMA Group, this one failed, 52-43. In essence, the House is on record as finding ...
Continue readingYou know we can’t resist word clouds
Yesterday we sent out a request for people to tell us what they thought of TransparencyCamp. Here's a word cloud of their responses I thought we'd share:
Financial Sector Spent $5 Billion on Political Influence
In the 10 years leading up to current economic crisis, the financial sector spent $5 billion on political influence, according... View Article
Continue readingAIG Bailout Shrouded in Secrecy, But Still Playing PR Games
I think that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke spoke for all Americans when he testified yesterday that the one thing that... View Article
Continue reading2300 and Counting
In the few days since the launch of Sunlight’s Read The Bill campaign, over 2300 people have signed the petition... View Article
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