The Hill considers the future of the Office of Congressional Ethics in this article this morning. Politico examines OCE’s costs in this story. The Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent ethics body, has contracted out more than $500,000 of work over the past year, a sign of just how busy the ethics watchdog has been […]
Month: September 2010
Privacy “witch hunt” and the Hill #g2s #gov20
Tim O’Reilly previewed a Gov 2.0 Summit topic of his, what he sees as a “privacy witch hunt” notwithstanding the Hill’s use of similar features for campaigning. Politico’s Morning Tech has the item today under the title, “Data Mining Hypocrisy.” I noted a similar issue in May 2010.
Shareholder protection (and a catchy little ditty)
Jennifer Taub discusses the Shareholder Protection Act here and even penned a little tune that might just stick in your head.