Yesterday, an earmark reform amendment to the stimulus bill introduced by Sen. Russ Feingold was defeated 32-65. The amendment was... View Article
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In an effort to extract some transparency from the Obama administration regarding the waivers for lobbyists handed out by OMB... View Article
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Sunlight’s Bill Allison was on New York’s WNYC to discuss his latest investigation of Charles Rangel’s finances. You can read... View Article
Continue readingA Transparent and Accountable Recovery
In the wake of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), and while Congress debates the massive stimulus bill, the Coalition... View Article
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Yesterday, I blogged about WriteToReply.org, a brand new site built by two smart and enterprising fellows to research online and... View Article
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Rep. Gary Alexander, a Republican legislator from Washington state, thinks that folks in the legislature there should actually have time... View Article
Continue readingSenate to Consider Feingold Earmark Amendment
Sen. Russ Feingold will offer an amendment to the stimulus bill today that would enact most of the earmark reforms... View Article
Continue readingNAPA Weighs In On Challenges Facing Administration
The National Academy of Public Administration, like many of us, is encouraged by the Obama administration’s promise to transform the... View Article
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Last week, Stephen Carter, the U.K. government’s minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, released an interim report on the state... View Article
Continue readingConnecticut’s Public Records Challenge (Update)
A little while ago I posted about Connecticut towns who took their Web sites down because they couldn’t comply with... View Article
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