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Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
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OpenTheGovernment.org, a coalition of organizations (including Sunlight) aimed at promoting transparency in the federal government, released their fifth annual Secrecy... View Article
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Lawyers allege that Sen. Ted Stevens received additional gifts outside of the over $250,000 in labor and renovations to his... View Article
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Government Techonology reports on New York City’s Open Source Solutions Lab at the City University of New York (CUNY). The... View Article
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Yesterday, I was thinking about Sen. Jim DeMint’s bill to ban Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from lobbying Congress and... View Article
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The full indictment of lobbyist Kevin Ring is available here part 1, part 2 (via Letter of Apology). As I... View Article
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The Justice Department unsealed a ten-count indictment today against Kevin Ring, a lobbyist and former staffer to Rep. John Doolittle,... View Article
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The Detroit Big Three are seeking $50 billion in government loans. Their big lobbying push begins as Congress comes back... View Article
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