President-elect Obama has formed what appears to be a new project of the Democratic National Committee called Organizing for America, according to this report. The new group will be the flagship of “Obama 2.0” as many people have taken to calling the transformation of the political organization created during the 2008 campaign. Ambinder also covers […]
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What’s in store for 2009? Covington & Burling LLP offers its forecast here. Robert Kelner and Robert Lenhard are in the firm’s Election and Political Law practice group. Mr. Lenhard is the Federal Election Commission Review Team Lead for the Presidential Transition Project, according to this Change.gov page.
FEC Hears from Sunlight
Clay Johnson of Sunlightlabs testified yesterday at a Federal Election Commission hearing to discuss the agency’s procedures. The Sunlight Foundation’s comments are available here and suggest ways that the agency can increase the ease of access to government data to foster transparency.