A good week for electronic filing in the Senate. Sen. Claire McCaskill becomes the second senator to cosponsor S. 482... View Article
Continue readingTransparency for Bird Strikes
Recently, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a call for public comments on a proposed ruling barring the release of... View Article
Continue readingOpenSecrets.org Reveals Money Behind Climate Change Debate
Throughout this week and in conjunction with Earth Day, Congress is conducting a series of hearings meant to move legislation... View Article
Continue readingWhat Are You Breathing Today?
Yesterday I wrote about how more and better downloadable data on toxics in our neighborhoods will be coming our way... View Article
Continue readingThree More Agencies Begin Posting Recovery Act Lobbying Contacts
Three more agencies have begun posting, or provided a place to post, communications between lobbyists and agency officials in regards... View Article
Continue readingThe FCC, Ex Parte Communications, and Lobbying for Recovery Funds
Last week, I wrote about the number of agencies complying with President Obama’s memorandum on lobbyist communications related to funds... View Article
Continue readingNew Cosponsor for S. 482!
Thanks to Sen. Olympia Snowe, we are up to 34 cosponsors on S. 482, the Senate e-filing bill! If you... View Article
Continue readingLooking to Help “The Man”, Turning in My Chief Evangelist Badge
“What we’ve learned from the Open House Project,” said Sunlight’s Greg Elin, “is that whenever we sit outside and build things, we learn that there are people inside who want to do the same thing.” That's me, quoted in Matthew Burton's 2008 essay, Why I Help "The Man", and Why You Should, Too. I've been thinking a lot about that quote and Burton's argument. I've been thinking I might like to be one of those people, "inside", taking advantage of the good stuff happening "outside". That's why I'm blogging my decision to resign as Chief Evangelist and conclude three years of consultancy with the wonderfully productive Sunlight Foundation in order to explore ways to more directly help the government build great web sites and embrace Government 2.0.
Continue readingSenate E-Filing in Politico
The campaign to pass S. 482, the Senate e-filing bill, continues apace with a great mention in the Politico today.... View Article
Continue readingVote Report India
Chris Van Buren at Internet & Democracy Blog has an interesting post today about how social media is being used... View Article
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