Day: May 26, 2009

Data.gov

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 26, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch

The Times endorses Vivek Kundra’s Data.gov in this editorial. It is no surprise that the I.T. candidate, Barack Obama, is intent on being the I.T. president. To succeed, he will have to remind his administration early and often that he is committed to transparency — and that the threat of embarrassment is no justification for […]

New York Ethics Overhaul

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 26, 2009
Categories In New York

According to the Times, Gov. Paterson will propose changes to the way New York’s ethics and campaign finance rules are enforced. Mr. Paterson’s proposal includes some changes long sought by government watchdog groups and, if adopted, would be the second major overhaul of state ethics enforcement in less than three years. But it is likely […]