New bills in the House and Senate are aimed at blocking a new Executive Order before it’s ever signed. The... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 5/26/2011
Here is Thursday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Know Your Acronyms & Hashtags
You might have started noticing hashtags (like the ones seen on Twitter) and acronyms are frequently popping up in Facebook... View Article
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FACEBOOK HIRES GOP LOBBYISTS —DealBook: “In an effort to expand its power base in the nation’s capital, Facebook has hired... View Article
Continue readingSave the date – The Hidden Budget: Tax Expenditures
On June 13th, the Advisory Committee on Transparency will hold a panel discussion on tax expenditures, entitled “the Hidden Budget,”... View Article
Continue readingImproving Public Oversight of Government: The Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act
Public oversight of government could become a lot easier if legislation introduced yesterday becomes law. The “Access to Congressionally Mandated... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 5/25/2011
Here is Wednesday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News... View Article
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POTTER: FEC FAILURES AND A CONFUSED SUPREME COURT —Bloomberg: “Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has been had. “A campaign finance... View Article
Continue readingKundra on e-gov cuts: no project unaffected
“No project will go unaffected,” said federal CIO Vivek Kundra in a letter on the e-gov funding cuts sent to... View Article
Continue readingRoundup of Transparency Legislation Introduced
As the daily “2Day in #OpenGov” round up has been on hiatus for the last two weeks, here are the... View Article
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