After two extremely successful TransparencyCamps in 2009, and an unprecedented year of transparency victories, we're coming together again in Washington to build on the momentum the open government movement has created.
Continue readingThe Daily Show on Citizens United
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Supreme Corp www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political... View Article
Continue readingAM Links
1) The Justice Department dropped their four year investigation into Rep. Alan Mollohan. Little details were offered. 2) The first... View Article
Continue readingA Little Fun With Capitol Words: “Who Dat?”
Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints??? With the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl I was curoius... View Article
Continue readingPresident Obama on Influence Peddling
President Obama’s weekly address explained on his administration’s efforts to combat influence peddling, and the steps it is considering taking... View Article
Continue readingBringing Local Government Into the 21st Century
These people looking at cities at CityCamp are the ones making transparency, participation, and collaboration something that you can experience in your town and not just read in a memo from the White Ho
Continue readingMaking Friends With a Senator
Senators are now allowed to have official Facebook pages, Roll Call ($) reported. I don’t yet have a copy of... View Article
Continue readingOpen Gov’t Directive: large data set release today
This evening, the White House issued a press release (included below) touting the release of nearly 300 data sets from... View Article
Continue readingLocal Sunlight
Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
Continue readingWait… Can Foreign Companies Now Spend On US Political Elections?
Newsweek asks this very question: …Does the high court want this decision to apply to foreign corporations as well as... View Article
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