Category: Executive Branch

President Obama has appointed a number of his campaign bundlers, fundraisers, and donors to foreign postings, according to this Post report. Obama said he will nominate William Eacho, chief executive officer of Carlton Capital Group, a private investment company, to be ambassador to Austria. Eacho raised more than $500,000 for Obama’s presidential run; he and […]

The Politico reports on the number of new databases the government must create under new laws. But experts say many factoids could easily suffer the same fate as some predecessors: obscurity. Large portions of the data sets the government collects are underused or untouched for years — buried in convoluted spreadsheets or poorly organized websites.

The Times updates readers on the Obama administration’s efforts to post bills online before President Obama signs them.