I’ll be joining Nancy Watzman in posting stories about bills that were rushed to debate with little time for Congress... View Article
Continue readingWhat You Can Do For Transparency
Transparency isn’t just something government does. It is an expectation of behavior. Citizens have to demand more transparency from government... View Article
Continue readingSo Now Let’s Get Boring
Recovery.gov is off to a good start. Good design. Nice visuals. Early opportunity for citizen engagement. (Others think so too.)... View Article
Continue readingPolitical Influence in Bailout to be Investigated
Numerous outlets have reported, and catalogued here, that political influence – campaign contributions, lobbying – has been part and parcel... View Article
Continue readingSome Stimulus Links
According to various sources, the final stimulus bill (in the form of the conference report) was made publicly availabe last... View Article
Continue readingPolitical Influence Slows Action
The idea that overt political influence by large organizations like the banking industry, and the larger financial services industry, has,... View Article
Continue readingWhite House: Where is the CTO?
On his second day in office, President Barack Obama issued a sweeping memorandum on transparency in government, setting out an... View Article
Continue readingFeingold Earmark Amendment Fails
Yesterday, an earmark reform amendment to the stimulus bill introduced by Sen. Russ Feingold was defeated 32-65. The amendment was... 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 readingWhat We’ve Learned
So, Tom Daschle ended his bid to be Secretary of Health and Humans Services after a weekend of revelations showing... View Article
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