The Senate has just posted the new version of the stimulus bill (Amendment 98 to HR 1), weighing in at... View Article
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Last week, we discovered that President Obama had signed his first bill without fulfilling a pledge to post all non-emergency... View Article
Continue readingEric Holder Favors Maximum Disclosure of OLC Memos
According to Secrecy News, the incoming Attorney General, who will be confirmed later today, has stated his position that Office... View Article
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There are already a number of Executive Branches that are using Web 2.0 tech to reach out to the broader... View Article
Continue readingA Mandated Database: 16 Years Late
Public Citizen reports that a federal database will soon go online that will give car buyers information about individual cars... View Article
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In a blog post announcing the President’s signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first piece of legislation... View Article
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The Obama administration has promised that they will track the progress of project approved in the stimulus bill (H.R. 1)... View Article
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Rep. Brian Baird and Rules Chair Louise Slaughter reintroduced an important transparency bill that would ban lawmakers, executive branch officials,... View Article
Continue reading‘Direct to Constituent’ Communications
Mark Hannah has a thoughtful post about how the Obama administration and Congress are adopting what he terms “Direct to... View Article
Continue readingCongressional Lobbying Databases Updated
The Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate have updated their Lobbying Disclosure Act databases. (This may... View Article
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