It is an honor to be among the twenty-five recipients of Government Technology’s award for ‘Doers, Dreamers & Drivers in... View Article
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You may have heard the old adage that “money is the mother’s milk of politics,” but money also has a... View Article
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US COMPANIES LOBBIED TO KEEP LIBYAN MARKET OPEN FOR BUSINESS —Sunlight: “According to lobbying disclosure reports, fifteen companies and two... View Article
Continue readingU.S. Companies Lobbied To Keep Libyan Market Open For Business
On October 5, 2008 U.S. and Libyan business leaders met with Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary Israel Hernandez as he... View Article
Continue readingGood, But Not Sufficient.
Citizen’s United opened the door for corporate spending and when Target decided to flex their new political muscle, it blew up in... View Article
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SHIFTING BUDGET LANDSCAPE LEADS TO CHANGE IN RESUME SOUGHT ON K ST —NYT: “In the past, lobbyists who could secure... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Unfunded mandates and open government
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) was set up to respond to... View Article
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HOW PUBLIC IS PUBLIC DATA? —Nieman Lab: “Public Engines, a company that publishes crime statistics for law enforcement agencies, sued... View Article
Continue readingObama’s Tech Companies Lobbying & Campaign Contributions
President Obama is sitting down tonight with a number of top Silicon Valley executives to discuss “innovation.” Or is this... View Article
Continue readingRevolving Door Spinning: Delahunt, Boyd, Herseth Sandlin & More
–Prime Policy has hired former Massachusetts Rep. Bill Delahunt as a lobbyist to work “advising American companies on strategic opportunities... View Article
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