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Yesterday, the House and Senate announced new earmark rules, which Sunlight’s Bill Allison addressed here on the Sunlight blog and... View Article
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Sunlight is absolutely delighted to announce that Mitch Kapor has joined the Sunlight Foundation’s board of advisors. Mitch’s list of... View Article
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PBS’ MediaShift has an interesting post by Mark Drapeau where he makes a compelling argument for how government could and... View Article
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Roll Call is reporting that Inouye and Obey, the Chairs of the House and Senate appropriations committees, are implementing what... View Article
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People have been clamoring for more transparency in the presentation of bills since the TARP recovery program was shoved through... View Article
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Over the course of two-hundred twenty years Congress has gradually opened their inner workings to public inspection. From the opening... View Article
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Roll Call is reporting that Rep. David Obey and Sen. Daniel Inouye, the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations... View Article
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Obama’s promise to appoint a federal CTO has created a frenzy of speculation, especially among those concerned with privacy, security,... View Article
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