Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
Continue readingPMA Investigation: Looking for More than Straw Men?
Congressional Quarterly looks in breadth and depth at the influence of the PMA Group, whose offices were raided by the FBI. (The story is co-written by my old colleague Alex Knott, who started delving into PMA back in 2004.) As good a story as it is ... here's an excerpt clipped from InstaPundit ...
More than 100 House members secured earmarks in a major spending bill for clients of a single lobbying firm " The PMA Group " known for its close ties to John P. Murtha , the congressman in charge of Pentagon appropriations.It shows you how good they were, said Keith ...
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Introducing Our Open Government List: OOGL
We’re excited to announce a new Sunlight Project: Our Open Government List (OOGL). In order to gather meaningful feedback for... View Article
Continue readingPMA Earmark Scandal Grows
Thanks to earmark disclosure rules passed at the beginning of the 110th Congress, we are able to be entertained—disgusted—by stories... View Article
Continue readingThe Feds are Blogging
SocialFeds.com, a site I’ve been following recently about how the federal government does Web 2.0, is the work of Sara... View Article
Continue readingTransparency’s Stimulus
Evan Ratcliff, writing at Wired, has an interesting take on the Stimulus Bill. He proposes that the government’s act of ... View Article
Continue readingEthics Committee to “Investigate” Burris
So, the Senate Ethics Committee is going to investigate Sen. Roland Burris for his admission that he sought to raise... View Article
Continue readingSo Now Let’s Get Boring
Recovery.gov is off to a good start. Good design. Nice visuals. Early opportunity for citizen engagement. (Others think so too.)... View Article
Continue readingGlobal Problems with Political Financing
The Center for Public Integrity’s PaperTrail blog highlights a new report on international government corruption that’s set to be released... View Article
Continue readingTreasury Taking a Bath on TARP
Via twitter, via Right Org, comes this very cool way of tracking the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program investments from Ethisphere -- almost like an S&P index of stocks of publicly traded firms that have received money from TARP:
For the week ended February 13, 2009, the aggregate Ethisphere TARP Index is down a total of $86.5 billion, out of the original investment principal of $195.5 billion for a total balance of $109 billion. However, the Adjusted Ethisphere TARP Index, which excludes the calamity investments, has an aggregate loss $27.6 billion as of the week ...Continue reading
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