The Post covers TransparencyCamp 2010 in this article today. Monitoring your elected officials and keeping track of your government’s spending? There’s an app for that, as it turns out. Or such was the theme of the second annual TransparencyCamp, held at George Washington University last weekend, an event aimed at bringing programmers and activists together […]
Day: April 4, 2010
The 2010 political money race and the wild cards from the courts
The Post has a snapshot of the political money race for 2010 and mentions recent court decisions. One wild card is the impact of last year’s Supreme Court decision lifting limits on direct expenditures by corporations or unions on advertising supporting particular candidates. Some Democrats are concerned that corporations might open their checkbooks for their […]
New report on state level lobbying disclosure available
The Pacific Research Institute recently released a report ranking states on lobbying disclosure issues and it’s available here (92 page PDF). The report looks to be a good resource on a survey of state law on lobbying disclosure.