NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Super PAC super donors: A breakdown of the top ten super PAC donors so far this cycle,... View Article
Continue readingFederal Spending Transparency on the Decline?
This is a guest post by Becky Sweger, from the National Priorities Project. Even as government transparency initiatives and portals... View Article
Continue readingWill Lessons be Learned on Either Side of the Pond?
The British parliamentary inquiry into the phone hacking scandal by News of the World, the now shuttered tabloid published by... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP Government Schocking Allegations: Two congressional watchdog groups filed a complaint with the FEC arguing that Rep. Aaron Schock... View Article
Continue reading“The People Rule”- Can it be more than a motto?
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by the guest blogger and those providing comments are theirs alone and do not reflect the... View Article
Continue readingTariff bill opens the floodgates for lobbyists
In the three months before congressional leaders announced that they are once again opening the process to suspend tariffs, at... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Occupy Television: Members of the Occupy movement are trying to counter the impact of super PAC spending... View Article
Continue readingThe Start of Something Big or the End of the Story?
At its meeting today, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a rule requiring the top four broadcasters in the biggest fifty... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: Citizen journalist removed from public meeting
In Georgia, Cumming Mayor Ford Gravitt removed citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale from a recent public meeting. Georgia Attorney General Sam... View Article
Continue readingWhat do you think about this “parliamentary transparency pledge”?
This Monday will bring the start of the “PMO Leaders Conference on Parliamentary Transparency and Networking” here in Washington, DC. Among the... View Article
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