The House Appropriations Committee made a major move towards improving public access to information, announcing new, machine-readable bulk data on legislation will be available soon.
Continue readingUnion-backed PAC spends $200,000 in Idaho for GOP’s Mike Simpson
In a heated Idaho primary, an embattled Republican incumbent is getting support from an unexpected quarter: Big labor.
Continue readingHouse Appropriators Embrace Webcasting
In a welcome turn toward transparency, House Appropriators are now set to webcast all public hearings starting this week. As... View Article
Continue readingWhy Are House Appropriators Not Webcasting Their Meetings?
The House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee just scheduled four budget hearings for next week, none of which will be webcast... View Article
Continue readingFull Committee Markup on Leg Approps Set for Thursday
The House Appropriations Committee just announced it will hold a full committee markup this Thursday (May 31) on the Legislative... View Article
Continue readingCommittees Make Leap to Online Video, but Approps Doesn’t Get the Picture
by Daniel Schuman and Cassandra LaRussa Despite significant strides towards improving public access to legislative proceedings, nearly a quarter of... View Article
Continue readingVideo Blackout of Hearing on Budgets for Legislative Support Agencies
This Tuesday, there will be hearing on budgets for the Library of Congress, the Government Printing Office, the Government Accountability... View Article
Continue readingE-Gov Markup Set for Thursday by Full H. Appropriations Committee
The House Appropriations Committee will markup the Financial Services Appropriation Bill, which sets funding levels for the Electronic Government Fund,... View Article
Continue readingVis-a-Visclosky: Or How I Learned to Take Campaign Contributions and Turn Them Into Earmarks
It comes as no surprise that Indiana Democrat Pete Visclosky’s favorite word to say in Congress is “Indiana.” While staying... View Article
Continue readingThe Appropriate Culture of Corruption
The New York Times reports today on what could be the next great lobbying scandal. After his house and offices... View Article
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