by Cassandra LaRussa Only 63% of information disclosed on lobbying reports were “properly reported and supported,” according to a new... View Article
Continue readingIs it better for lobbyists to be smart or well-connected?
Although our modern lives present many irreducible questions — nature vs. nurture, liberty vs. security, funny vs. good-looking — a... View Article
Continue readingImproving Federal Lobbying Laws topic of ABA Task Force Report
Improving federal lobbying laws is the focus of a new report released by a task force of the American Bar... View Article
Continue readingNew Congress provides a moment for transparency change
Each new Congress begins with its own unique face. The ascendant Newt Gingrich in 1994, the first woman Speaker of... View Article
Continue readingKeeping Track of Who Is Lobbying Congress
In the wake of an annual GAO report that some lobbyists have failed to register upon employment by a client,... View Article
Continue readingDo certain provisions in the health care bill violate disclosure requirements?
Earlier this week, Sen. Tom Coburn and a group of Republican senators sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid... View Article
Continue readingFEC Guts Post-Abramoff Reform
The Federal Election Commission — the supposed referee of fair campaigning — has just created an ethics loophole big enough for lobbyists to fly a corporate jet through.
Continue readingCountering the Reward Method of Corruption
David Sirota posted on OpenLeft yesterday on what he called “the reward method of corruption.” Sirota writes, “As opposed to... View Article
Continue readingGAO: Small Number of Lobbying Disclosures Are Wrong
The GAO is bound by law under the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 to file an annual... View Article
Continue readingTelling the Real Story
Yesterday, the Washington Times reported that various pharmaceutical companies and trade groups have contributed $172,500 to the Utah Families Foundation,... View Article
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