Month: April 2010

Search engine optimization for politics and advocacy

Administration opponents are claiming that search engine results are evidence that politics is playing a role in the SEC’s prosecution of Goldman Sachs.  The technique that was part of search expert Vanessa Fox’s recent Transparency Camp 2010 presentation on search that’s available online here.

Schumer-Van Hollen DISCLOSE Act details emerge

The Post reports on more details of the Schumer-Van Hollen legislative response to Citizens United this morning. The measure would also tighten political restrictions on foreign-based corporations, which would be defined as any company that has 20 percent foreign voting shares, a majority of foreign directors or a foreign national leading U.S. operations. If enacted […]

Update on House rules’ treatment of spouses

Roll Call reports that the House Ethics Committee has apparently folded its efforts to change a key definition relating to personal financial disclosure reports. The House ethics committee has scrapped proposed rules that for the first time would have defined gay married couples as “spouses” for the purposes of filling out their annual Congressional financial […]