Tag Archive: Transparency

Promises, Promises, Promises

by Paul Blumenthal Jan 15, 2009 4:23 pm

ProPublica has a cool new feature tracking promises made by politicians and political and governmental entities. For years, I have... View Article

by Paul Blumenthal Jan 15, 2009 12:04 pm

Rep. Tim Walz introduced an amendment to the second round of TARP – the economic recovery funds aka the bailout... View Article

by Paul Blumenthal Jan 13, 2009 2:57 pm

TPM Muckraker’s Zachary Roth provides an update to Bill Allison’s post on Sen. Carl Levin’s refusal to release bailout contracts... View Article

by Paul Blumenthal Jan 12, 2009 4:58 pm

One week into the 111th Congress and lawmakers have already introduced hundreds of bills. Of those few hundred bills some... View Article

by Ellen Miller Jan 10, 2009 8:38 pm

Yesterday, in a major victory for open government and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), a federal judge ruled against... View Article

by Paul Blumenthal Jan 9, 2009 12:13 pm

Sunlight’s Bill Allison was on Brian Lehrer Live discussing efforts to put the proposed stimulus bill online and in a... View Article

by Ellen Miller Jan 8, 2009 4:36 pm

Massie Ritsch, the Center for Responsive Politics’ communication director, has declared 2009 “The Year for Open Data.” And judging by... View Article

by Ellen Miller Jan 7, 2009 6:30 pm

Maybe I’m tilting at windmills here, but I think that the fact that one of the first pieces of legislation... View Article

by Paul Blumenthal Jan 6, 2009 3:07 pm

Over the course of two-hundred twenty years Congress has gradually opened their inner workings to public inspection. From the opening... View Article

by Paul Blumenthal Dec 18, 2008 4:55 pm

Want to know what lawmakers are talking about on Capitol Hill but you can’t figure out how to get any... View Article