by Jessica Pearce By the end of November, nearly 2,100 records of visitors to the White House recorded between January... View Article
Continue readingEnsuring 72 Hours for Remaining Spending Bills
It's looking extremely likely that Congress will take up debate of six massive appropriations (read: "spending") bills this week by combining them into one big omnibus bill and trying to pass them all at once. Assuming that does indeed come to pass, it's imperative that the House and Senate allow members of Congress, the media, and the public the necessary time to understand how our money is to be spent by putting the entire omnibus bill online for at least 72 hours before it's debated.
Continue readingOpen Government Directive Link Round-up
Nancy Scola’s live-blogging of the release. OMB Watch’s take. Steven Aftergood from the Federal of American Scientists. National Security Archive’s... View Article
Continue readingA Sneak Peek at Cabinet Department Open Government Projects
In the news coverage over the President’s Open Government Directive, two stories being overlooked are the release of an “Open... View Article
Continue readingOpen Government Directive Timelines
This morning, the White House released the Open Government Directive, which John explains here. I’ve gone through the Directive (rather... View Article
Continue readingWhite House Publishes Open Government Directive
The White House has just released the Open Government Directive. In a livestreamed chat, blogpost, and document online, the White... View Article
Continue readingVisualizing Twitter’s Political Zeitgeist
Back in mid-November, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the kickoff of Medialab Prado’s Visualizar ’09 event... View Article
Continue readingWhite House to Announce Open Government Directive
from the White House (via email) THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2009... View Article
Continue readingLinks, links, links
1) Former New York Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno was convicted on two counts of corruption and faces up to... View Article
Continue readingToo Little, Too Late
The following appears in the National Journal’s new “lobbying experts” blog launched last week. I will be posting there regularly.... View Article
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