This week, Speaker Pelosi asked House administrators to post House members’ expenses on the Web, for the first time. We... View Article
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Within the past week, the New York State Senate has taken some impressive steps toward conducting its business open and... View Article
Continue readingTransparency 2.0
Nick Troiano at SocialGovernment.com has an interesting and important post about government transparency, the 2.0 version. Nick was reflecting from... View Article
Continue readingReal Lobbying Disclosure: Before or After the Fact?
Soon-to-be ranking member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Rep. Darrell Issa issued a letter demanding Fannie... View Article
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The idea of far greater transparency in government affairs is spreading fast. How can you tell? Today’s Washington Times carries... View Article
Continue readingK Street Sees Mixed Opportunities
The 2008 presidential campaign featured blistering attacks, particularly from the eventual victor Sen. Barack Obama, on Washington’s chief money-making industry.... View Article
Continue readingThe Other Provisions in the Senate Bailout Bill
An Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) patch, a mental health parity bill, a package of tax break extensions, and tax breaks... View Article
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As news spreads that a consensus Wall Street bailout plan is being finalized, and leaders negotiate between proposals submitted from... View Article
Continue readingBailout Bill Lobbying Frenzy
The consideration of the $700 billion bailout bill — now lovingly known as the Authorization for Use of Financial Force... View Article
Continue readingPublic Markup Transparency Bill Revised
Sunlight’s distributed effort at creating a model transparency bill – the Transparency in Government Act of 2008 – reached its... View Article
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