Policy Fellow Matt Rumsey wrote this post. Here is Wednesday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News Roundup: Campaign Finance Barack Obama has relied heavily on bundlers to pull in huge donations for his reelection campaign. Notable new bundlers in the most recent FEC filingsRead… Read more »
In 2009 the Washington Times reported that an investigation conducted by researchers at the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity had found 440 nonexistent districts listed on Recovery.gov. Combined, the districts were marked as receiving $6.4 billion and creating almost 30,000 jobs. The article provides specific examples, such as the following: “Recovery.gov shows 12Read… Read more »
Top: the winning postcard of our Renwick 40th Anniversary postcard contest by Becca Kallem. Bottom: Our runner-up entry is by Joanna Barnum. American Art’s Renwick Gallery is celebrating its 40th year—40 years of the best in American craft, decorative arts, exhibitions, and programs. To commemorate this milestone, we challenged our visitors to design a postcardRead… Read more »
New Jersey is looking at two bills that would reform exiting open meetings and open records laws in the state. Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) introduced the bills which are designed to broaden access to government records and increase transparency. The bills follow a year of harsh criticism over the state officials love/hate relationshipRead… Read more »
NAGC is already prepping for its 2012 Communications School, June 5-8 at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA. This year’s theme is “Telling America’s Stories” and we’ll be doing just that with an informative and exciting schedule of topics and speakers. In addition, we’ll be launching the new NAGC Member Value Program (MVP), aRead… Read more »
A lot of Feds out there think of themselves as Project Managers but for the most of us that run projects where a contractor is doing the actual work, I hate to be the one to break it to you but you’re not just a Project Manager, you’re also a Contract Manager. Meaning, you’re responsibleRead… Read more »
Tomorrow is a big day for transparency, with the House of Representatives convening a full-day conference on public access to legislative information. (The agenda is online here.) I understand that there are efforts afoot to livestream the proceedings, although I don’t have all the details. But there is a hashtag — #LDTC — so expectRead… Read more »
Just after midnight last night, here on the East Coast, a new part of Data.gov went live. http://www.data.gov/business Politico’s @MorningTech reported this morning that around 200 new datasets were released to the public. At present, I’m seeing 120 datasets, most of which relate to the agricultural industry, census data or import/exports:http://www.data.gov/communities/node/244/data_tools?itemcount=100&tid=&keys=&field_categorization_value= US CIO +Steven VanRoekelRead… Read more »
The EIA’s data for solar shipments is in, and the news is good. The recently released report, available now, shows that PV shipments shot up in 2010, and their unit price continued to decrease. Good news for manufactures and purchasers, alike. So, where are these PV modules being built, and where are they going? TheRead… Read more »
It’s 2012. People are thinking outside the box, especially in the corporate world. Work no longer refers to where you go, but more importantly, what you do – and how you do it. Take the traditional conference for example — a number of employees shuffling into an ordinary office, sitting around an ordinary table, takingRead… Read more »