Know of any interesting political uses of twitter? The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a lobbyist is using twitter to track political contributions over $5,000. Follow @pelopidas for the updates. As noted earlier, please feel free to follow me on twitter, too. I’m @ericsbrown and you’ll get a tweet every time I update my website […]
Day: April 13, 2009
Office of Congressional Ethics Now Online
The Office of Congressional Ethics has a website! The site features helpful information about submitting “information concerning allegations within” the Office’s jurisdiction and links to relevant codes, laws, and rules.
Stimulus Lobbying Restrictions and OMB Guidance
The Sunlight Foundation Blog posts an important OMB Memorandum (M-09-16 dated April 7, 2009) clarifying the lobbying restrictions laid out in President Obama’s March 20, 2009 memorandum on the topic.