USA Today had a couple of dueling editorials yesterday about stocks held by lawmakers. Should they recuse themselves from votes... View Article
Continue readingBank lobbyists make very direct quid pro quo argument
Bank lobbyists are really laying it out there. The New York Times reported over the weekend that lobbyists presented their... View Article
Continue readingTories and Open Gov
There’s a new government across the pond with Tory leader David Cameron as Prime Minister. Worth noting is that our... View Article
Continue readingLobbying Spending or Social Connections?
The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein nails it on the head in this post on lobbying: …I worry much more about... View Article
Continue readingWhy apply transparency to lobbying?
Multiple stories point to a huge lobbying effort on the part of the financial industry as the Senate debates reform... View Article
Continue readingOnline Users Look For Government Information
A new survey out from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that Americans are going online to look... View Article
Continue readingLobbying Black Ops: Op-Ed Edition
There is an op-ed in The Hill today by lobbyist Thomas Spulak arguing that the interests that hire lobbyists are... View Article
Continue readingFederal agencies drop their data IOU notes
Cowritten by Laurenellen McCann When federal agencies released their open government plans earlier this month the thing I was most... View Article
Continue readingWhen transparency can save lives
Dan Froomkin has a good write-up of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) failure to release certain notes related... View Article
Continue readingSecret Proclamations?
Apparently, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour issued a secret proclamation declaring April as Confederate Heritage Month. The proclamation was issued on... View Article
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