Starting next week, the Supreme Court will release audio recordings of oral arguments on Fridays. Since 1955, the Supreme Court... View Article
Continue readingCoalition Releases Principles for Reforming Earmarks Process
A coalition of lobbyists and good government advocates today released 5 principles for reforming how Congress grants earmark requests. The... View Article
Continue readingInstead of Dismantling the OCE, Congress Should Double Its Funding
Amidst some serious waffling by Members of Congress on whether the Office of Congressional Ethics would survive to actively pursue... View Article
Continue readingSuper PACs: Track (and read all about) them on the Reporting Group site
The Washington Post weighs in on the growth of “Super Pacs,” organizations that can take unlimited funds from any source... View Article
Continue readingBill Closing SEC FOIA Exemption Goes to the President
Yesterday the House passed legislation to close a loophole that may have allowed the SEC to disregard certain FOIA requests.... View Article
Continue readingGoodbye from Eric
Our graduate policy intern, Eric Naing, offers a few farewell words. We will miss him. My time as the graduate... View Article
Continue readingDISCLOSE Act Fails Again in Senate
This afternoon, the Senate failed to reach the 60 votes necessary to cut off debate and proceed to vote on... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: 6 Ways to Crowdsource Government
Just a few years ago crowdsourcing was a novel concept, mainly untried. Now that the idea has gained traction, it’s... View Article
Continue readingFollow the unlimited money
Well-placed politicos say there’s a stealth campaign by outside groups to influence the mid-term elections, but my colleagues Ryan Sibley... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Grantee Launches Ambitious Tracking and Analysis of Political Ads
Since the Citizens United Supreme Court decision earlier this year the Sunlight Foundation has tried a number of approaches to... View Article
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