The Times profiles a new group formed by “business executives aligned with President Obama” here. The coalition, calling itself Business Forward, plans to announce its formation on Thursday. Organizers said the group, whose initial members include AT&T, Facebook, Hilton, IBM, Microsoft, Pfizer and Time Warner, will engage in public advocacy but will not lobby administration officials […]
Month: May 2009
Data.gov
The White House launched Data.gov yesterday. So far, the site has data from about 25 government agencies. The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Although the initial launch of Data.gov provides a limited portion of the rich variety […]
Abramoff’s Refund
Should Jack Abramoff get to keep a large tax refund? That’s what this Post story examines. Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff should not be allowed to use his tax refund of more than $500,000 to pay back his lawyers, accountants and others because he has yet to make restitution for the millions of dollars he defrauded […]