USA.gov has posted a gallery of online gadgets (or widgets) that other Web sites can display. Here’s an abbreviated list:... View Article
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Here are the most read Sunlight blog posts for this past week: 1) “White House Breaks Transparency Promise” 2) “Recovery.gov:... View Article
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Mathew Ingram, the communities editor at the Toronto-based Globe and Mail, writing at the Nieman Journalism Lab’s Web site, recounts... View Article
Continue readingEuropean Workshop on Web 2.0 Government Best Practices
The European Commission’s ePractice portal is teaming up with some Europe-based social media consultants to host a workshop on how... View Article
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There are already a number of Executive Branches that are using Web 2.0 tech to reach out to the broader... View Article
Continue readingThe Veterans Administration Goes Web 2.0
Maybe this is the start of something big in government. In an in an attempt to better connect to the... View Article
Continue readingNot 21st Century Style Disclosure
As Kenneth Vogel of Politico notes this morning: Anyone seeking copies of the financial disclosure reports recently filed by members... View Article
Continue readingA Mandated Database: 16 Years Late
Public Citizen reports that a federal database will soon go online that will give car buyers information about individual cars... View Article
Continue readingNew Subcommittee to Tackle Contracting Fraud, Waste
Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Chair Joe Lieberman just sent out a release announcing the creation of a new... View Article
Continue readingBailout Recipients Lobbying
From October 1, 2008 through the end of the year, eighteen companies that had received, or would receive, bailout funds... View Article
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