Mortgage giant Freddie Mac, a recent recipient of a federal bailout, will not throw a party during the Democratic nominatin... View Article
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Sunlight’s distributed effort at creating a model transparency bill – the Transparency in Government Act of 2008 – reached its... View Article
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Yesterday, the Senate opened their arms and hearts to Sen. Ted Stevens while vulnerable Republicans simultaneously emptied their campaign coffers... View Article
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Maybe this can serve as an example for the networked journalism Porkbusters/Eyblast.tv project Bill just posted about. Reason.tv on the... View Article
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Porkbusters and Eyeblast.tv are teaming up on a new citizen journalism project. You can be the Edward R. Murrow of... View Article
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VECO has spent the last decade or so providing the slick for Alaska politics and it’s come come back to... View Article
Continue readingFedspending.org Hits 10 Million
This June, Fedspending.org, the contracts and grants database run by OMB Watch, reached its 10 millionth search. Today the database... View Article
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Sen. Ted Stevens released a statement in which he declares his innocence and vows to fight the charges. He also... View Article
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So, the indictment is in and the charges against Sen. Ted Stevens include seven counts of making false statements on... View Article
Continue readingTed Stevens Indicted (Updated)
It’s not an investigation, it’s a series of charges. Huge story. Longest serving Republican senator Ted Stevens indicted on seven... View Article
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