From the Sunlight Foundation:
The nation’s top defense contractors were also the biggest beneficiaries of congressional earmarks in 2005, an analysis by the Sunlight Foundation has found. Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics led the pack. Those four corporations collected a combined $1.09 billion in earmark awards. Overall, the top 20 corporate recipients [...]
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Defense Contractors Reap Windfall in 2005 Earmarks
Review of H.R. 2316: Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007
H.R. 2316 was passed in the House on May 24th and is heading to the Senate. It would “provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes.” Most encouragingly, it would mandate the creation of a new publicly available lobbying disclosure database.
The Open House [...]
GCN Online forum with Bruce James and Mike Wash
October 18 Online Forum:
Government Printing Office chief executive officer and public printer Bruce James and chief technical officer Mike Wash will answer questions about how they moved the agency into the digital age. James, the GCN 2006 Civilian Executive of the Year, and Walsh will be available online on Oct. 18 from 1 p.m. to [...]
New Congressional Research Service report
“The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act: Background, Overview, and Implementation Issues” (pdf), October 6, 2006.
This report summarizes the legislative history and key provisions of P.L. 109-282 (S. 2590), compares it to H.R. 5060, and discusses challenges that are associated with implementing the new law’s proposed database and that may prove to be areas for [...]
GPO Takes Major Step Toward Creating Digital Information Management System
GPO Press Release:
Today the U.S. Government Printing Office took a major step towards ensuring the American public has a one-stop site to access Government information that is authentic, version-controlled and permanently-available by announcing the selection of Harris Corporation to help develop a world-class Future Digital System.
Microsoft Relents to Pressure on OpenDocument Format
From the Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft will offer free software that will let Word, Excel and PowerPoint handle documents in the rival OpenDocument Format promoted by Sun Microsystems, IBM and others. Microsoft has been promoting a format called Open XML. Over the past year, the company’s rivals have sparked a debate over the two technologies, arguing [...]
Executive Branch Reform Bill
The “Executive Branch Reform Act of 2006,” HR 5112, introduced by Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) and Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA), and unanimously supported by the Committee’s members contains landmark reforms of the executive branch. Specifically, the Executive Branch Reform Act of 2006 (H.R. 5112) would:
• End Secret Meetings Between Lobbyists and Executive [...]