A week from today, the Advisory Committee on Transparency will host a panel discussion on lobbying reform, entitled “"Washington’s Lobbying Fix", on 2pm in room 2203 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Our panel of lobbyists, experts, and journalists will discuss the current state of lobbying disclosure, evaluate the need for lobbying reform, and consider proposals for real-time lobbying disclosure.
Continue readingCarney Dodges Lobbying Questions
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked a series of questions today based on the Politico story I blogged... View Article
Continue readingPopping the White House Visitor Logs Bubble
In today’s Politico, Chris Frates reports on how some lobbyists now apparently feel like they’re being shuttled there instead of... View Article
Continue readingTransparency In The SOTU
President Obama’s mentioned several of Sunlight’s core issues in his State of the Union Address issues last night. A closer... View Article
Continue readingFollowing the Activity One Year After Citizens United
This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision. We here at Sunlight recognize... View Article
Continue readingIntroducing the Lobbyist Registration Tracker
After the Nov. 2, 2010 election, lobbyists filed more than 350 new registration forms, disclosing their hiring by clients seeking... View Article
Continue readingStatelight: Transparency in a Box, Pt. 3
As we set the stage for advocating on local and state transparency issues and highlight some policies issues of note,... View Article
Continue readingStatelight: Transparency in a Box, Pt. 2
As Nicole wrote last week, we’re digging into state level transparency, in order to share what we know, and to... View Article
Continue readingWhere Do Telecom Lobbyists Come From?
UPDATE – 8/10/10: On Monday, August 9, 2010, Google and Verizon introduced a joint proposal for the future of Internet... View Article
Continue readingDisclose Lobbying Contacts to Reduce Distrust
It’s time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my Administration or... View Article
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