With all of the discussion about President Obama’s new rules on stimulus lobbying, I have put together a short video... View Article
Continue readingLobbying Disclosures Due Today
Today is the final day for lobbyists and organizations employing lobbyists to file their quarterly disclosure forms. The forms are... View Article
Continue readingCountering the Reward Method of Corruption
David Sirota posted on OpenLeft yesterday on what he called “the reward method of corruption.” Sirota writes, “As opposed to... View Article
Continue readingA Vision of Real Time Lobbying Disclosure
Mockups of Lobbying Disclosure Demonstrate Potential for Real Time, Online When we talk about real time, online disclosure, as we... View Article
Continue readingIn Case You Weren’t Convinced
It’s been nearly two weeks since President Obama announced new rules to cover lobbying for stimulus funds and each passing... View Article
Continue readingRecovery Lobbying Rules: Reversing the Disclosure Burden
Last week, President Obama released an Executive Memorandum providing suggested rules for transparency and accountability surrounding the distribution of funds... View Article
Continue readingApply New Lobby Rules Across the Board
After posting about President Obama’s announced new lobbying disclosure rules for the recovery funds, Ellen Miller, Sunlight Executive Director and... View Article
Continue readingObama Promises Much Tighter Lobbying Disclosure for Recovery Funds
There are many, many problems with lobbying disclosure, but one of the greatest would have to be that lobbyists are... View Article
Continue readingTelling the Real Story
Yesterday, the Washington Times reported that various pharmaceutical companies and trade groups have contributed $172,500 to the Utah Families Foundation,... View Article
Continue readingInternational Sunlight
Riffing off of the estimable Nisha Thompson's Local Sunlight feature, there are a couple of Sunlight related stories happening across our northern border and across the pond in Europe. First, our friends in Europe are taking after our Congress and considering passing sweeping lobbying disclosure for the EU for the very first time:
The European Commission has proposed new rules that could require European Union lobbyists to register for the first time, as part of a new transparency effort spawned after news reports of Abramoff’s activities broke.
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