Day: April 21, 2008

Hatch Act

Barr describes some of the restrictions on federal employees’ political activity in this article in today’s Post. The law prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty, wearing campaign buttons in the office and putting campaign bumper stickers on a government car. It also bans soliciting, accepting or receiving political contributions, and […]

Report on Outside Groups

The Post covers activity by outside groups here. “The folks on the right may have a rude awakening when they see how sophisticated the infrastructure is that’s been built up on the left,” said Clifford May, who heads the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which could figure into the Republican effort. May, who said he […]

Legistorm Controversy

There’s been some reporting about a controversy involving publicly available data on LegiStorm. Furious senior House aides are demanding committee action against a website that has posted their bank account numbers, signatures, home addresses and children’s names that are included in financial disclosure documents. Some are demanding legal action against the website LegiStorm, which since […]