Tag Archive: Darrell Issa

Chairman Issa on Federal Spending Transparency

by Daniel Schuman Sep 21, 2011 12:04 pm

Today Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke about his vision for improving open... View Article

E-Gov Funding Up for Consideration by Senate Approps on Wednesday

by Daniel Schuman Sep 12, 2011 11:03 am

This Wednesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will markup legislation that appropriates funding for the electronic government fund. The e-gov fund... View Article

Fixing Federal Advisory Committees

by Daniel Schuman Jul 12, 2011 10:00 am

Is the federal government getting biased advice from its advisory committees? Concerns about skewed advice and conflicts-of-interest prompted President Obama’s... View Article

Getting the DATA Act’s Act Together

by Daniel Schuman Jul 11, 2011 12:10 pm

On June 22, federal spending transparency legislation was unanimously approved by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Introduced... View Article

“Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act” Advances to the House Floor

by Daniel Schuman Jun 23, 2011 6:12 pm

Legislation that would require copies of congressionally mandated reports to be published online by GPO cleared a major hurdle when... View Article

Testifying Before Full House Oversight Committee on Federal Spending Transparency

by Ellen Miller Jun 13, 2011 1:28 pm

Tomorrow morning I will be testifying before the full House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the Sunlight Foundation’s work... View Article

The DATA Act of 2011: Rep. Issa Introduces Major Federal Spending Transparency Legislation

by Daniel Schuman Jun 13, 2011 10:27 am

This morning, Rep. Darrell Issa introduced a major transparency bill that would transform how we track federal spending and identify... View Article

Save the Data 2012: the budget fight over transparency begins

by Daniel Schuman Jun 13, 2011 10:00 am

This Thursday will be a important test of the House of Representative’s commitment to fund key transparency programs like USASpending.gov,... View Article

Draft Executive Order On Outside Spending Disclosure Would Have Sweeping Reach

by Paul Blumenthal Apr 22, 2011 9:00 am

During the 2010 midterm election David and Charles Koch, owners of the massive energy conglomerate Koch Industries, became the face... View Article

The Way Forward To Save The Data

by Daniel Schuman Apr 18, 2011 4:43 pm

In the last few weeks there’s been a whirlwind of news and speculation about what will happen to the federal... View Article