There’s a been a bunch of writing around the Internet about the success/failure of last week’s Blair House health care... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Live vs. TV Media
There are a lot of reasons that I never watch television news, particularly cable news. This “CNN analysis” of the... View Article
Continue readingPost-Citizens United, Lobbying Firm Helps Explain How To Avoid Disclosure Rules
According to Talking Points Memo, the lobbying firm K&L Gates posted a “Policy and Law Alert” on the web site... View Article
Continue readingResearching and Writing the White House-PhRMA Deal
At the end of last year, the White House dropped a new pile of visitor log records into the public,... View Article
Continue readingOpen Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice
A new book from O’Reilly media, entitled Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice, discusses the possible ways government can utilize the power of citizen engagement to become more efficient and transparent.
Continue readingNew Batch of White House Visitor Logs Released
Last Friday, the White House released a new batch of visitor logs covering last October, fulfilling a pledge they made... View Article
Continue readingA New Regime Required For Disclosure
As most of you know I have a long history in the campaign finance field as a founder of two... View Article
Continue readingJustice Thomas Says No to Disclosure, Blames Internet
Noted without response. From Justice Thomas’ dissent wherein he states that the court should eliminate all campaign finance disclosure requirements:... View Article
Continue readingHow the Citizens United Case Affects Money & Politics and Transparency As We Know it
The ramifications of today’s Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC are breathtaking – opening the floodgates of political... View Article
Continue readingThe Irony and the Solution of Lobbying Disclosures
If you read Monday’s New York Times story about how many lobbyists are de-registering in the face of new filing... View Article
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