The White House is characterizing their failure to replace Ethics Czar Norm Eisen as an upgrade. If they wanted to... View Article
Continue readingOrszag: Government Behind the IT Times
This is a pretty important speech from OMB Director Peter Orszag. I suggest reading the whole thing, but here’s a... View Article
Continue readingChecking Out the New USASpending.gov
USASpending.gov got a face-lift on Wednesday evening, and it brought with it a raft of new features. Some of these are great; others are either not very useful, or an actual step backward. Let's run through them -- not only to highlight the features and shortcomings, but to examine what they can tell us about how government should be opening its data.
Making the Power of the Internet Work for the Government
Earlier this year, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget requested comments on improving the Paperwork Reduction Act. The... View Article
Continue readingHearing on Contractor Database Transparency
If you’ve ever tried to research federal contracts you’ll find that the databases used to house those contracts online are... View Article
Continue readingUs: Transparency, Them: Collaboration
Today, the White House, via the Office of Science and Technology Policy released the Government "Conversation on Collaboration" that they've been having since February, in conjuction with the public Open Government Dialogue. This conversation happened on OMBMax wiki, a wiki powered by the Office of Management and Budget.
So after our analysis on Friday of The Open Government Dialogue this gives us the opportunity to make a comparison-- what are people inside the government saying vs. the general public?
Now we can see what people are saying inside the government and outside the government. I went ahead and used the rest of Sunlight's "word cloud" credit on creating a new word cloud of what people are saying on the inside, so we could put it next to one on the outside. Here it is:
Continue readingToday is 120 Days Since the Open Government Memo
Today is 120 days after President Obama’s Open Government Memo, released on his first full day in office: January 21st,... View Article
Continue readingA Stimulus Lobbying Loophole?
When President Obama issued a memorandum to “ensure the responsible spending of recovery act funds,” he required members of the... View Article
Continue readingAgencies Begin to Post Recovery Lobbying Contacts
Some executive branch agencies are beginning to post lobbyist communications as required by the March 20th White House memorandum on... View Article
Continue readingNew OMB Memo Clarifies Lobbying Restrictions
A new memo from the Obama administration clarifies the strict lobbying restrictions set by the March 20th memo. (The March... View Article
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