Some executive branch agencies are beginning to post lobbyist communications as required by the March 20th White House memorandum on... View Article
Continue readingFind the 14 Missing Earmark Disclosures
Help us find the final 46 14!* The 111th Congress adopted new rules last January that require all members of... View Article
Continue readingStimulus Lobbying Disclosure Order: No legal problems
The last month has brought major changes in lobbyists’ interactions with the government and the American people’s ability to learn... View Article
Continue readingTransparency 2.0
Nick Troiano at SocialGovernment.com has an interesting and important post about government transparency, the 2.0 version. Nick was reflecting from... View Article
Continue readingCountering the Reward Method of Corruption
David Sirota posted on OpenLeft yesterday on what he called “the reward method of corruption.” Sirota writes, “As opposed to... View Article
Continue readingLocal Sunlight
This week I have highlights from Arkansas, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Continue readingOpenSecrets Goes OpenData
This is very big news. As of today, Center for Responsive Politics’ site OpenSecrets.org has gone “open data.” For the... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – April 13, 2009
Each weekday, Sunlight’s communications team collects all the press mentions of Sunlight and of our grantees. Instead of just keeping... View Article
Continue readingComments Due Friday on OMB Recovery Guidance to Agencies
So you say you want a revolution? This Friday, April 17, is the deadline to provide feedback to the Office... View Article
Continue readingNew OMB Memo Clarifies Lobbying Restrictions
A new memo from the Obama administration clarifies the strict lobbying restrictions set by the March 20th memo. (The March... View Article
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