Sunlight Foundation Blog notes the introduction of TransparencyData.com. The site bills itself as the “central source for all federal and state campaign contributions made in the last twenty years. Here you can begin your search, find the information you need and then download records of what a candidate has received, what an individual has given, […]
Day: April 9, 2010
Behavioral advertising practices in privacy groups’ target
Privacy groups have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission regarding behvaioral advertising practices, according to this Network World report. The complaint, filed Thursday by the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), U.S. PIRG and the World Privacy Forum, centers around the practice of real-time trading and sale of individual Internet users’ profiles, based on […]
Alleged lobbyist threat makes news in Colorado
The Denver Post reports on an alleged threat involving a lobbyist and a lawmaker. “He said he would cut out my lying tongue and stuff it down my lying throat,” [state Rep.] McKinley said. “My concern is that if something’s not done, it’s going to happen again, and then I will slap him. We cannot […]