The GAO is bound by law under the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 to file an annual... View Article
Continue readingFinancial Sector Spent $5 Billion on Political Influence
In the 10 years leading up to current economic crisis, the financial sector spent $5 billion on political influence, according... View Article
Continue readingOGE Issues First Memo on Obama Ethics Order
The first executive order filed by President Obama (Executive Order 13490) imposed strict new rules restricting lobbyists from entering the... View Article
Continue readingLawmakers Help Evade Treasury Lobbyist Limits
Last month, the Treasury Department announced new rules restricting contacts made by lobbyists working for firms receiving bailout funds. Those... View Article
Continue readingPMA Group Investigation
After a series of articles noting the November FBI raid of the offices of the PMA Group, a Washington lobby... View Article
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According to the Los Angeles Times, the leading candidate to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy is Mark... View Article
Continue readingTransparency Shmansparency
In an effort to extract some transparency from the Obama administration regarding the waivers for lobbyists handed out by OMB... View Article
Continue readingAnd We’re Back
Happy New Year! The Sunlight blog is back after the holidays and here’s a look back at some stories we... View Article
Continue readingWashington State Lobbyist Disclosure
An article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer examines the difficulty of searching for lobbyist contributions in the Washington state disclosure databases.... View Article
Continue readingYou Spin Me Right Round
Congress doesn’t spin records, they spin in revolving doors. And those doors are spinning faster than ever, according to a... View Article
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