The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is holding a contest. The prize? Dinner with none other than Nobel Peace Prize winner President Barack Obama. Contests run by candidates or political organizations usually have interesting contest rules that reflect legal and political considerations. Sorry, residents of Rhode Island, per the contest rules you’re not eligible. (Laws covering […]
Day: October 9, 2009
Ideas for government agency website URLs
Al Kamen riffs on government website URLs here, in light of the Department of Justice’s new Justice.gov site. He’s holding a contest to solicit more ideas. A reader suggested that other agencies might want to follow suit. They could adopt catchy names, ones that would normally come to mind when people think about those agencies, […]
Political law practice update
Brett Kappel has joined Arent Fox’s political law practice, according to this firm press release.