Since we started this aggregation of blog posts, different bloggers have expressed interest in sharing their thoughts on issues revolving around transparency and accountability in government. We continue to support this interest. I am particularly excited about furthering the transparency blogging platform and this is why I am inviting other transparency bloggers to join Transparency bloggers - our Sunlight Foundation Google group. For now, we understand that openness is an issue for both sides - as Amy Laff illustrates. But tracking transparency can be a challenge especially in cases such as North Carolina's government officials who rejected a proposal for a revised Code of Ethics.
Continue readingIndependent ethics office likely to survive
The Washington Post reports that the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), the only independent ethics body in Congress, is likely... View Article
Continue readingRangel may have more bad days to come
The title of his autobiography is And I Haven’t Had A Bad Day Since, but Rep. Charlie Rangel may still... View Article
Continue readingPeter Orszag and Obama’s ethics pledge
Peter Orszag, the former star director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during President Barack Obama's first two years, is said to be in talks to join Citigroup. According to the Financial Times, "People familiar with the situation said Mr Orszag, who left the White House team in July, was likely to be offered a position dealing with clients and top government officials rather than running a business." If Orszag were to take such a position it would likely be complicated by an Executive Order signed by President Obama on his first full day in office.
Continue readingEthics broadens Waters probe to examine communications with key committee
The House Ethics Committee is said to have broadened its inquiry into Rep. Maxine Waters by examining whether the Financial Services Committee fully complied with requests to turn over documents. Waters was scheduled to go on trial last month for inappropriately using her position in Congress to aid a bank that her husband had an ownership stake in in receiving money from the government bank bailout fund. That trial was delayed due to the revelation of a new e-mail that could be used as corroborating evidence. The revelation of that e-mail has led to broader questions of whether there is other evidence being withheld. The Washington Post reports:
Four officials, congressional staff members, and others familiar with the probe confirmed on Thursday that her trial was postponed two weeks ago in part to explore the delay in not turning over that e-mail and to examine whether other evidence was withheld. Continue reading
What to expect with Rangel
Since the C-Span archives only go back to 1987 the best example that I can provide is the 1990 debate... View Article
Continue readingEthics Committee censures Rep. Rangel after 11 violations of ethics rules
Three days after making a scene and storming out of his own trial on violating House ethics rules, Rep. Charlie... View Article
Continue readingRangel was acquitted on charge alleging personal gain
Yesterday, the adjudicatory subcommittee trying Rep. Charles Rangel on ethics charges announced that they had found the congressman guilty on... View Article
Continue readingRangel Guilty on Nearly All Charges
The adjudicatory subcommittee hearing the ethics case of Rep. Charlie Rangel just announced that they have found him guilty on... View Article
Continue readingChutzpah!
We saw a dose of it yesterday in Charlie Rangel’s dramatic exit from his own ethics trial. Today we received... View Article
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