It’s well known by now that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are occupying Zuccotti park – a park just a... View Article
Continue readingMissing the Forest for the Trees?
It seems the Obama administration has decided the time has come to once again flex its ethics muscles. The Office... View Article
Continue readingTeach-in at #OccupyDC this Sunday
Like many organizers, I’ve been following the #occupywallstreet movement for a while. Last weekend, I was planning to head up... View Article
Continue readingGroups Call for Super Committee Members to Make Avenues of Influence Transparent
The drumbeat continues for the twelve members of the Committee on Deficit Reduction to step up and match their newly... View Article
Continue readingBipartisan Bill Would Expose Efforts to Influence Super Committee
Representatives Loebsack (D-IA), Quigley (D-IL) and Renacci (R-OH) introduced the Deficit Committee Transparency Act today, an important bill that would... View Article
Continue readingFEC analysis shows increase in campaign fundraising compared to 2009
The 2012 campaign fundraising totals, covering January through June, proved record in some cases, with the total amount raised by... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Florida accidentally deletes public records
Whether it is a top-down issue or the other way round, we can not help but notice a disconnect between... View Article
Continue readingCalling on Super Citizens to Brainstorm Opening Super Congress
It’s time to think big: The Super Congress situation is developing at an incredibly fast rate and we want to... View Article
Continue readingCount Transparency and the Chamber of Secrets*
“While once upon a time disclosure reports sat in file cabinets at the Federal Election Commission or in the state... View Article
Continue readingPreempting Sunlight
House Republicans, and more than a few Democrats, have taken a series of votes to kill a proposed executive order... View Article
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