Tag Archive: Barack Obama

EPA Administrator Promises Transparency, Engagement

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 24, 2009 1:02 pm

In an internal memorandum to all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson pronounced a commitment to transparency... View Article

Three More Agencies Begin Posting Recovery Act Lobbying Contacts

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 22, 2009 3:13 pm

Three more agencies have begun posting, or provided a place to post, communications between lobbyists and agency officials in regards... View Article

The FCC, Ex Parte Communications, and Lobbying for Recovery Funds

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 22, 2009 1:57 pm

Last week, I wrote about the number of agencies complying with President Obama’s memorandum on lobbyist communications related to funds... View Article

Is Obama’s Revolving Door Rule Bad Policy?

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 20, 2009 3:02 pm

Jacob Weisberg has a good article up on Slate (also, Newsweek) on whether the revolving door policy instituted by President... View Article

White House CTO: Aneesh Chopra

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 20, 2009 11:00 am

President Obama ended the months of speculation surrounding his creation and appointment of the first federal Chief Technology Officer (CTO)... View Article

Agencies Begin to Post Recovery Lobbying Contacts

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 15, 2009 2:57 pm

Some executive branch agencies are beginning to post lobbyist communications as required by the March 20th White House memorandum on... View Article

Stimulus Lobbying Disclosure Order: No legal problems

by Daniel Schuman Apr 15, 2009 10:25 am

The last month has brought major changes in lobbyists’ interactions with the government and the American people’s ability to learn... View Article

Transparency 2.0

by Ellen Miller Apr 15, 2009 7:26 am

Nick Troiano at SocialGovernment.com has an interesting and important post about government transparency, the 2.0 version. Nick was reflecting from... View Article