Atlanta is considering a lobbyist badge proposal, according to this report. Mayoral candidate Kasim Reed proposed the idea at a candidate forum this week as a way to bring more transparency to who’s asking city leaders for support on legislation or city contracts.
Day: October 5, 2009
Frank Rich on Rabbit Ragu and Lobbyists
Frank Rich discusses lobbyists and reform in this op-ed. It’s in this context that you have to wonder what some of the Obama era’s most moneyed and White House-connected lobbyists were thinking as they preened before a Washington Post reporter recently for two lengthy articles. We’re not even nine months into the new administration, yet […]
Improved access to the Federal Register
The Post reports on a new way to access Federal Register data. Starting Monday, issues dating back to 2000 will be available at Data.gov in a form known in the Web world as XML, which allows users to transport data from a Web site and store it, reorganize it or customize it elsewhere. Officials suggested […]