The News Without Transparency: U.S. Approves Business With Blacklisted Nations The New York Times published an article last December investigating... View Article
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In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama called for ambitious reforms of the tax code: lower rates, fewer... View Article
Continue readingNot My Bank, Not My Problem Part II
Yet another member of Congress has been found pushing the Treasury Department for TARP funds despite having a long-standing relationship... View Article
Continue readingFormer Treasury Official Thought TARP Lobbyist Rules Were Political
Not sure what I think about this, but former TARP czar Neil Kashkari, appointed under President Bush, told the TARP... View Article
Continue readingNot my bank, not my problem
But this is his bank, so it is his problem. Sen. Daniel Inouye pressured the Treasury Department and the FDIC... View Article
Continue readingThe Insufficient Lobbying Disclosure Act
Yesterday, John Wonderlich wrote an important post here about Sunlight’s meeting with the White House (with a bunch of other... View Article
Continue readingWhy Transparency?
One way that transparency can directly affect outcomes is when information is released in ways that preempt bad decisions. In... View Article
Continue readingDraping Transparency Over the TARP
Since the passage of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 authorized the $700 billion bailout of the financial sector... View Article
Continue readingThoughts on a Lord of Finance’s Schedule
If ever we saw the fruits, and possibilities, of disclosure and transparency, it is in this New York Times profile... View Article
Continue readingCongress Passes Stronger Authority for TARP Special IG
Yesterday, the House followed the Senate by passing a bill to provide the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Assets... View Article
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