WashingtonWatch.com, run by our colleague and frequent collaborator Jim Harper, announced yesterday that they’ve added new data for bills’ projected... View Article
Continue readingLeading by Example: Earmark Transparency
Due to the failure of Congress to act on President Obama's State of the Union call for a central database of earmarks, a number of NGOs had to build one from the disjointed and disparate disclosures on congressional websites. The database of earmark requests for 2011 was diligently compiled by WashingtonWatch.com, Taxpayers for Common Sense (both Sunlight grantees) and Taxpayers Against Earmarks. They had to troll through more than 39,000 requests sprinkled across congressional websites and deal with horrible data quality issues. As Daniel Schuman expanded on earlier this year, it ain't easy tracking earmarks.
Continue readingIt Ain’t Easy Tracking Earmarks
In what are otherwise reasonable commentaries on earmarks, a certain meme has emerged in the editorial pages across the land... View Article
Continue readingFuture of Earmark Transparency Video
Yesterday, the Advisory Committee on Transparency hosted “the Future of Earmark Transparency” on Capitol Hill. Speaking at the event were Steve... View Article
Continue readingPublic=Online Launch Event @ Google
“I can’t think of a more important word in politics than transparency.” Those words were spoken by Huffington Post’s Technology... View Article
Continue readingWashingtonWatch Rolls-Out Earmark Crowd-Sourcing Tool
Jim Harper, Webmaster at WashingtonWatch.com, can use our help this weekend. WashingtonWatch is beginning a soft roll-out of its new... View Article
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