Here’s some pretty neat activity from Rep.-Elect Jared Polis of Colorado. He’s blogging the freshman orientation and has posted their... View Article
Continue readingProPublica and OMB Watch Shining Light on “Midnight Regs”
A couple weeks ago, I blogged about the “midnight regulations” the Bush Administration is inserting into federal rules such as... View Article
Continue readingOn Oversight in Public
(cross posted from our Google Group) Jon Henke wrote the following provocation, and I decided to respond to the whole... View Article
Continue readingThe Secret House of Congress
In a reiteration of just about everything we cover here at Sunlight, Congressional Quarterly released a terrific article examining the... View Article
Continue readingQuite the Understatement
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) came out with its first report on the $700 billion financial bailout. Its title, “Additional... View Article
Continue readingMore On The Bailout Oversight Hold
TPM Muckraker has been all over the hold placed on the nomination of Neil Barofsky to lead the oversight of... View Article
Continue readingYes We Can…Use Comments, Web Services on Government Web Sites
For years, government web sites have avoided comments and third-party Web 2.0 tools for fear of confusing user contributed content... View Article
Continue readingCaribbean Island Trip and Ethics Loopholes
Privately paid travel may have fallen over the past year, and more precisely since 2005, but some lawmakers are still... View Article
Continue readingParty Time Wins BOB Award
Our own Party Time site is the proud winner of the “best English weblog” BOB award from Deutsche Welle, Germany’s... View Article
Continue readingPaid Travel Down for Congress
Thanks to those guys, Jack Abramoff and pals, lawmakers are taking far fewer privately paid trips overseas. Newly enacted ethics... View Article
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