As ProPublica just pointed out on Twitter, the White House today released staff salaries, as they do each year. Since... View Article
Continue readingA Little Help for Open Data Policy? A Call to Data Wonks
If you check out phase III of the Open Government Dialog going on now, there’s currently a pretty glaring omission:... View Article
Continue readingIgnore the 5-Day Pledge, Organize Around 72-Hour Rule
The New York Times has a story today on President Obama’s 5 day bill posting pledge and how this transparency... View Article
Continue readingNew Financial Regulations and Read the Bill
Two days ago, President Obama announced his plan for new regulations to police the financial industry in the wake of... View Article
Continue readingObama Blocks Visitor Log Disclosure
This is pretty disheartening. The Obama administration is continuing to use the same arguments the Bush administration used to block... View Article
Continue readingWanted: New Recovery.gov
That was fast. The administration is already seeking a new IT firm to redesign Recovery.gov, the transparency site for stimulus... View Article
Continue readingLunchtime Link Round-Up
Some open government/transparency posts from around the web: The Food and Drug Administration, in conjunction with their Transparency Task Force,... View Article
Continue readingLunchtime Link Round-Up
The Federal Reserve is hiring a former Enron lobbyist in an effort to fix its image. I would say that... View Article
Continue readingFDA Creates Transparency Task Force
Following up on President Obama’s January 21 memo requiring agencies to promote transparency and openness, the Food and Drug Administration... View Article
Continue readingNew Lobbying Rules Round-Up
By now, you may have seen that the White House has updated the stimulus lobbying rules to expand the communications... View Article
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