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TARP Watchdog Launches Audit of Bailout Contracts

by Paul Kiel, ProPublica - February 9, 2010 12:32 pm EST

The Treasury Department has spent more than $159 million paying financial companies and legal firms to help the government dole … more

Agencies Open to the Public – Some Not So Much

by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 8, 2010 10:49 am EST

Last Saturday was the deadline for federal departments and agencies to launch their open-government Web pages under a directive issue … more

Our Transparency Tracker Notices New SEC ‘Open’ Page

by Jeff Larson and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - January 28, 2010 12:45 pm EST

Update Jan. 28, 2010 4:55pm EST: Links to the datasets on the SEC's open page are broken.

Last week we launched our Transparency Tr … more

White House Gives Agencies Transparency To-Do List

by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - December 8, 2009 1:31 pm EST

Open-government advocates got an early holiday gift from the White House today.

The Office of Management and Budget gave federal a … more

Workshop on Government Openness Is Closed to Public

by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - December 7, 2009 1:06 pm EST

Update (4:34 p.m.): This afternoon, the Office of Information Policy, part of the U.S. Department of Justice posted some of its trai … more

Transparency, Tempered

by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 2, 2009 1:29 pm EST

The House of Representatives limped into the digital age on Monday, finally releasing its quarterly expense reports online. Transpare … more

Obama Backtracking on Transparency Promise?

by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - November 30, 2009 10:10 am EST

We've been tracking the Obama administration's promise of transparency. A story in Sunday's Boston Globe shows that promise may be cl … more

The Stimulus Reports Are In…But Are They Accurate?

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 3, 2009 1:12 pm EST

Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:

What do you get when you take nearly $800 billion, 156,614 reports, and a complicated web … more

In Factory Towns, Waiting for the Stimulus to Arrive

by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - November 2, 2009 12:01 pm EST

Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:

We start today, as we often do, with the latest must-read stimulus story from the … more

Would a Stimulus by Any Other Name Smell More Sweet?

by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - October 19, 2009 12:22 pm EST

Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:

The White House is plowing ahead with a second stimulus, reports Time magazine’s Michael … more

Recovery.gov Releases First Batch of Stimulus Reports

by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - October 15, 2009 2:02 pm EST

The federal government today released the first batch of reports detailing how recipients are spending the stimulus money. The … more

Obama Administration Denies Appeal for Information on Recovery.gov Contract with Smartronix

by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - October 7, 2009 12:30 pm EST

The Obama administration has refused, once and for all, to reveal the full details of its contract with Smartronix for a new … more

DOJ Says It’s Pushing Agencies on Openness

by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - September 30, 2009 3:36 pm EST

Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli told (PDF) the Senate Judiciary Committee today that the Department of Justice is pushing … more

Tracking States’ Stimulus Sites

by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - September 22, 2009 1:13 pm EST

States are promising transparency as they attempt to plow through their stimulus money. How well are they doing? We’ve updated our … more

New Demands for Release of Recovery.gov Contract Info

by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - September 17, 2009 4:48 pm EST

Last month, we reported that the Obama administration had released a heavily redacted version of its $18 million contract for … more

For One Federal Agency, Stimulus Transparency Has Its Limits

by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - September 10, 2009 3:02 pm EST

This week, ProPublica, together with USA Today, reported that nearly half of all states have failed to apply for federal stimulus … more

Stimulus Lobbying Disclosure Promise Still Not Fulfilled

by Olga Pierce, ProPublica - September 1, 2009 2:32 pm EST

To curb the lobbying feeding frenzy surrounding the nearly $800 billion stimulus package, in March the Obama administration … more

Disclosure Rules on Stimulus Lobbying Produce Few Actual Disclosures

by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - August 31, 2009 11:16 am EST

Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:

The Associated Press has today’s must-read stimulus story, which reports that federal … more

Fed Loses Suit Over Lending Programs’ Transparency

by Paul Kiel, ProPublica - August 25, 2009 9:03 am EST

In general, when it comes to the Federal Reserve’s activities, we know what the Fed wants us to know. As a quasi-governmental, … more

Six Months of Stimulus: What We’ve Learned

by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - August 19, 2009 2:18 pm EST

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act celebrated its six-month anniversary this week, and supporters and detractors alike … more

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Breaking on the Web: Transparency

February 04, 2010

Health Official Can’t Guarantee Openness in Talks Robert Pear, New York Times, February 04, 2010

February 03, 2010

Calif. Shields Report on Spiraling Pregnancy Deaths Nathanael Johnson, California Watch, February 03, 2010

February 01, 2010

Obama’s Transparency Record Appears Cloudy Peter Nicholas, Los Angeles Times, February 01, 2010

January 20, 2010

Secret Bill-Writing on the Rise Jim Abrams, AP, January 20, 2010

U.S. Cloaks Case Files Involving Civil Rights Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, January 20, 2010

January 12, 2010

SEC Order Helps Maintain AIG Bailout Mystery Matthew Goldstein, Reuters, January 12, 2010

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