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2Day in #OpenGov 2/29/2012

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Enjoy this extra special leap day look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News Roundup:

Lobbying
  • The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is losing its President later this year. Steve Miller led the group for 17 years and helped grow it from a regional shop into a major player in Washington. (National Journal)
  • Quinn Gillespie & Associates is losing one of its top Republican lobbyists. The firm has had some high profile staff changes and seen its earnings slip over the past year. (The Hill)
Campaign Finance
  • Mitt Romney spoke out about the relationship between super PACs and campaigns. He called regulations governing coordination "very strange, awkward and inappropriate" and suggested throwing out and rewriting campaign finance laws. (National Journal)
  • The New York Times Developer Network is now updating FEC data through its campaign finance API every 15 minutes. (Lobby Comply)
  • A former News Corporation executive is co-hosting a high profile fundraiser for President Obama. Other notable co-hosts include movie producer Harvey Weinstein, designers Tory Burch and Michael Kors, and HBO co-president Richard Plepler. (Politico)
State and Local
  • The New York City Council is expected to vote on a wide-reaching open data bill that would require all city agencies to provide data online in machine-readable formats through a single, citywide portal. Agencies would have until 2018 to fully comply with the law. (Tech President)
  • A Utah Representative introduced a bill that would funnel anonymous political contributions of more than $50 to the entity where the position the candidate is pursuing exists. For example, a local school board candidate would have to transfer any anonymous donations over $50 to their school district's general fund. (Lobby Comply)

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2Day in #OpenGov 2/27/2012

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Here is the week's first look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News Roundup:

Lobbying
  • Three lobby shops contracted by Facebook have stopped working for the internet giant after content providers who also work with the firms raised "conflict" concerns. Facebook has a robust presence in Washington, but is now left with only one outside lobbying firm. (Politico)
  • The House Energy and Commerce Committee is losing its general counsel, Jim Barnette, to Steptoe & Johnson. Barnette previously worked at the firm from 2007 to 2011. (National Journal)
  • Some of the most generous donors to super PACs supporting Mitt Romney and President Obama also spent big money on lobbying activity in 2011. (The Hill)
Government
  • According to a CBO report, the Government Results Transparency Act (H.R. 3262) would cost $115 million over the next four years. The bill would require agencies to post program level spending data on a central website. (Government Executive)
  • Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel laid out his list of priorities for 2012 on Friday. He hopes to use federal IT strategically in order to drive efficiency, spur innovation, protect U.S. resources, and more effectively provide services to citizens. (Federal Computer Week)
International
  • More than 11,000 Cambodians who took part in a year-long series of forums with their elected officials identified corruption as one of their major concerns. (NDI)
  • The Indonesian government is preparing to take advantage of Twitter's country-specific censorship policies to target "rude anonymous" tweets. (Global Voices)

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