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No New TARP Accountability Requirements
Yesterday, I looked at an amendment to the 2nd round of TARP (read: bailout) funds from Tim Walz that sought to increase transparency by requiring public disclosures mandated in the 2nd round bill be posted online. Unfortunately, it looks like none of these public disclosures or their online posting will happen, or at least be [...]
Continue reading this postLast 5 posts to the Sunlight Foundation Blog- Executive Branch Agencies and Web 2.0 January 16, 2009
- Promises, Promises, Promises January 15, 2009
- No E-Filing Fix in the Senate, Yet January 15, 2009
- Good TARP Transparency Amendment January 15, 2009
- LittleSis January 14, 2009
The Sunlight “Transparency” Ecosystem 
Sunlight and our partners blog regularly to keep you informed about new efforts to open up access to government information, the influence of money in politics, new policy and technological developments to create greater political transparency and the latest news on congressional ethics. Below are the latest headlines from Sunlight's blogging community.
Real Time Investigations
- Greasing the stimulus with pork? January 12, 2009
- Update on Earmark Disclosure January 8, 2009
- Presidential Library Reform bill… January 7, 2009
Party Time!
- All the familiar faces January 15, 2009
- Getting the party started January 15, 2009
- Top Partying Spots for Congressional Fundraisers December 19, 2008
Congresspedia.org
- New Committee Chairs and Caucus Leaders in the 111th Congress January 9, 2009
- 111th Congress Convenes with 65 Freshmen (Profiles) January 6, 2009
- House Approves Automaker Bailout Bill December 11, 2008
OpenCongress.org
- Senate Releases More Bailout Money, No New Strings Attached January 16, 2009
- First Bill of the 111th Signed Into Law January 16, 2009
- Year After Year After Year January 15, 2009
The Open House Project
- Deep Throat Meets Data Mining January 12, 2009
- How You Can Help January 11, 2009
- Rep McKeon’s Video Tours January 10, 2009
The Open Senate Project
- How You Can Help January 11, 2009
- Resolved: The Senate Will Be More Open December 31, 2008
- On Oversight in Public December 3, 2008
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Transparency Timeline
A History of Congressional Public Access Reform. -
Capitol Words
Taking Congress at its Word. -
2009 Tariff Suspensions
See Who’s Seeking Tax Breaks on Imports from Congress -
Transparency Jobs
Bringing Transparency to Government, One Job at a Time -
Capitol Tweets
Keep up on the latest tweets from members of Congress who use Twitter. -
The Open Senate Project
A bipartisan, collaborative initiative to study the Senate's current information-sharing practices -
FARAdb
A proof of concept site based on Foreign Agent Registration Act data -
Read The Bill First
Sign the petition! Demand they take at least 72 hours to read the bailout bill! -
Party Time!
Documenting the Political Partying Circuit. -
Public Markup
An experiment to open bills to online, public review. -
EarmarkWatch
Bringing Citizen Oversight to Congressional Spending. -
Visualizing Earmarks
Select Visualizations of 2005 OMB Earmark Data. -
Where Are They Now?
Former Congressional Staffers head through the Revolving Door
Congressional News Watch
- Agencies must share details about noncompetitive contracts January 16, 2009
- CIOs embrace Web 2.0 tools January 16, 2009
- Inaugural is lobbying schmooze January 13, 2009
- YouTube Offers Channels Showing Congress at Work January 12, 2009
- Ethics Report Tallies Inquiries January 12, 2009
Web Mentions
- LeMonde Blog: Little Sis, le facebook inversé January 16, 2009
- Bluestem Prairie: S-CHIP, TARP and stimulus package edition January 16, 2009
- XTEPZ: Capitol Words, Word Frequency from the Congressional Record January 16, 2009
- Newstips v2.0: Time for campaign reform? January 16, 2009
- The New York Observer: Mid-Morning Read January 16, 2009
Press Mentions
- Faux transparency of the House economic stimulus bill January 16, 2009
- Politico party guide: Scene and be seen January 15, 2009
- A See-Through Society January 15, 2009
- YouTube Teams With Congress to Show Lawmakers at Work January 12, 2009
- Special interests prey on Inaugural January 12, 2009
