TARP Watchdog Launches Audit of Bailout Contracts
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
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
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?
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
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
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
Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli told (PDF) the Senate Judiciary Committee today that the Department of Justice is pushing … more…
Tracking States’ Stimulus Sites
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
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
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
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
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
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
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act celebrated its six-month anniversary this week, and supporters and detractors alike … more…
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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