From the SLA Government Information Division Blog:
The White House Office of Management and Budget launched the initial version of the FedSpending.gov database today, February 15. The website is intended to provide a searchable database of federal grants, contracts, loans, and other spending. This initial version fulfills a requirement in the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency [...]
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FedSpending.Gov Launches First Phase
LegiStorm releases latest salary data
LegiStorm has now released the latest staff salary data from the U.S. House of Representatives. The second quarter of 2006 is available.
We have many more improvements planned for LegiStorm in the coming months. We are broadening our database of salary data to include more data from years past. We are also adding new ways 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 [...]
OMB Watch Launches FedSpending.org
Join Us Oct. 10, as OMB Watch and the Center for Responsive Politics Draw the Curtain Back on Federal Spending and Congressional Conduct!
Do you want to make the most informed decisions possible on Election Day? Do you want to see which programs and agencies get the most federal dollars? How about which contractors or congressional [...]
State by State: Ballot Issues and Campaign Finance
Thanks to Free Government Information for pointing out this state-by-state map of ballot initiatives coming to a ballot box near you this fall. From PBS’s NOW.
Click where you live to find ballot proposals you’ll be voting on this November, as well as a campaign finance disclosure report card for your state (You might be surprised [...]
Washington Post Political Ads Database
About The Political Ads Database:
The database includes political advertisements funded by campaigns, parties, committees, and independent advocacy groups. Most of the ads are tied to specific U.S. House, U.S. Senate, or gubernatorial races throughout the country. Some of the ads are more general “issue” or advocacy ads not tied to a particular race or candidate. [...]
Searchable Database of Congressional Staff Salaries Debuts
New from LegiStorm:
Based on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, LegiStorm’s first information product is a database of congressional staff salaries. The information is provided in a strictly factual, non-partisan fashion. We have no political purpose except to make the workings of Congress as transparent as possible. We expect this resource to be useful to journalists, [...]
Secrecy Report Card 2006
OpenTheGovernment.org’s third annual report, Secrecy Report Card 2006, shows a continued expansion of government secrecy across a broad array of agencies and actions. . .
. . . The current administration has exercised an unprecedented level of restriction of access to information about, and suppression of discussion of, the federal government’s policies and decisions.
Coalition Launches Interactive Earmark Database
Press Release:
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today joined a coalition of groups and websites to launch an interactive online database of the more than the 1,800 earmarks in the House version of the fiscal 2007 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 5647). The effort aims [...]
Political Ads Database
The Washington Post has launched a new political ads database.
The database includes political advertisements funded by campaigns, parties, committees, and indepdendent advocacy groups. Most of the ads are tied to specific U.S. House, U.S. Senate, or gubernatorial races throughout the country. Some of the ads are more general “issue” or advocacy ads not tied to [...]