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Jason Hopkins of the Daily Caller details disturbing news about government transparency within the closing days of the Obama administration. The Obama administration deleted hundreds of speeches and statements on…
Brendan Bordelon reports for National Review Online on details of Bernie Sanders’ past that might disappoint fans of the self-described socialist. It’s a sentiment at the heart of Sanders’s pitch…
• There will be a televised debate between 6th Congressional District Republican candidates Phil Berger Jr. and Mark Walker after all. Time Warner Cable will air the July 11 debate,…
The state Senate tentatively passed a bill yesterday addressing the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United case by requiring more disclosure in situations involving corporate campaign donations. Speaking of the Citizens…
The Sunlight Foundation is picking up the slack for Congress’ archaic method of making lawmakers’ third quarter disbursements available online. Rather than combing through a cumbersome, 3,404-page PDF document, you…
So reports The Washington Examiner’s Susan Ferrechio in a story about a campaign to put the text of congressional bills online for at least 72 hours before any vote is…
Our president-elect likes the idea of government transparency, we learn in the latest Newsweek: Ellen Miller, director of the Sunlight Foundation, which advocates for government transparency, expects technology in an…
Don Surber says New Media has clout that Old Media never did. He bases that on the progress made recently on eliminating porked-up earmarks in Congress: Why do I credit…
The Sunlight Foundation has a helpful map for those who want to track congressional pork in their neck of the woods. It opens on the Northern Virginia area but you…
Here’s a list. The big winner is Asheville with $1.25 million for Mission Hospitals. This is from a Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations measure that contains 1,867 earmarks worth…