From the letter:
The Project On Government Oversight ( POGO ) is an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more accountable federal government. POGO has been made aware that there is an unreleased 20-page unclassified report documenting the findings of an independent investigation led by Michael [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Watching the Government category.
POGO letter to Reps Hoekstra and Harman urging public release of an unclassified report on former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham’s earmarking activities
Seeking Transparency in Federal Funding
From Secrecy News:
A new legislative initiative (S. 2590) would require the government to disclose and to publish online all federal contracts, grants, and other forms of spending.
“I like to think of this bill as ‘Google for Government Spending’,” said Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK).
“The concept behind the bill is really quite simple: Put information on government [...]
Political Controversy Over Alteration of the Congressional Record
Thanks to Free Government Information for calling my attention to these 2 stories:
Invisible Men: Did Lindsey Graham and Jon Kyl mislead the Supreme Court?
It’s not within the Supreme Court’s power to decide the constitutional challenges brought by Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the Guantanamo detainee whose case will be argued before the court tomorrow, say Sens. Lindsey [...]
Power Trips Database Goes Live
Info on Sponsors, Destinations, Costs of 5 1/2 years of Congressional Travel Made Public
More than 25,000 public documents detailing the privately funded travel taken by members of Congress and their aides from January 2000 to June 2005, was made public today by the Center for Public Integrity.
The database, which can be accessed at http://www.publicintegrity.org , [...]
Judiciary Committee Hearing on Presidential Signing Statements
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing yesterday on presidential signing statements. Testimony and submitted statements are now online.
Tales of a Federal Web Guy
I sat next to a very interesting person on my way home from Baltimore last Thursday. We started with the usual small talk about books and where we were going/leaving. I started telling him about the SLA conference and some of the sessions I had gone to. He told me that he [...]
ABA to Examine Constitutional, Legal Issues of Presidential Signing Statements
From the American Bar Association:
The American Bar Association today (June 5, 2006) announced creation of a Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements and the Separation of Powers Doctrine to examine constitutional and legal issues raised by presidents of the United States attaching legal interpretations to federal legislation they sign.
Welcome To the Launch of Congresspedia
Welcome to the debut of Congresspedia, the “citizen’s encyclopedia on Congress.” Congresspedia is a bold new experiment by the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sunlight Foundation in distributed citizen journalism. It is based on the wiki model (think Wikipedia) and is a subset of the Center’s SourceWatch wiki.
We are starting with 539 articles [...]
Welcome to the Sunlight Foundation
“Last week the Sunlight Foundation officially opened its doors. Our goal is to use revolutionary power of the Internet and new information technology to enable citizens to learn more about what Congress and their elected representatives are doing, and thus help reduce corruption, ensure greater transparency and accountability by government, and foster public trust in [...]