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Continue readingCongressional Lobbying Databases Updated
The Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate have updated their Lobbying Disclosure Act databases. (This may... View Article
Continue readingTech Liberation Front on Transparency
Yesterday, I participated in my first skype conversation, a podcast interview hosted by Berin Szoka, of the Tech Liberation Front.... View Article
Continue readingProPublica Graphs the Stimulus
ProPublica has a cool interactive graph on “The Stimulus Plan: Where the Money Would Go.” The graph tracks how the... View Article
Continue readingOpen CRS Document Upload
Yesterday, Open CRS, a project of the Center for Democracy and Technology (and Sunlight grantee), posted links to 47 newly... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists Are People Too
A large number of President Obama’s supporters were outraged that one day after instituting strict lobbying restrictions for his administration... View Article
Continue readingNew Lobbying Rules on TARP
Just yesterday, I was posting about restricting TARP firms from using funds for political influence. Today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner... View Article
Continue readingLast Call: ProPublica Prizes for Investigative Governance
ProPublica is making a final call for their Prizes for Investigative Governance, a way to recognize the most important and... View Article
Continue readingLobbying With My Money
There are so many “fool me once…” moments with the ongoing bailout of the financial industry. One that is particularly... View Article
Continue readingUSA.gov Embraces RSS
ReadWriteWeb reported last week that USA.gov, the official online portal to the federal government, has built a central repository of... View Article
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