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Call your two US Senators to vote NO on flawed voting reform bill S.3212
Government reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: VoteTrustUSAVoteTrustUSA is urging citizens and the US Senate to oppose passage of S.3212, the Bipartisan Ele...
Ask your US Senators if they support filing of campaign contributions electronically
Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: Sunlight FoundationThe Sunlight Foundation launches Pass223.comThe Sunlight Foundation, w...
Call your US Rep. and two US Senators and ask them to disclose their earmark requests
Sunlight Foundation is asking us to volunteer for an earmark investigation project. Work in collaboration with Citizens Against Government Waste and Taxpayers for Common Sense, simply by calling your...
US senator honors fiscal discipline, transparency and accountability
US Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) replied to a letter I wrote to him as a constituent on the issue of spending earmarks. He agreed with me that we need more transparency and accountability in Congress, e...
Watch a slideshow video about the new Change Congress grassroots movement
Lawrence Lessig, founder of Change Congress, has uploaded a nice slideshow video of his recent talk concerning his web site's launch. As discussed here three days ago, Change Congress aims to bring r...
Change Congress aims to bring reform candidates to congressional office
Change Congress is now open for business! Founded by Lawrence Lessig and Joe Trippi, Change Congress aims to find, debate with and win over congressional candidates on several reform issues. Citizen...
Tell your US Representative and two US Senators to support government openness bills
Happy Sunshine Week!In recognition of the importance of government openness and transparency, Public Citizen is asking us to contact our congressmembers to support a few related bills. Go to their ca...
Check if your Congressmembers' websites include local appropriations (earmarks) forms
According to a recent Americans for Prosperity blog post, at least three Congressmembers have online earmark request forms! That's right, if you are a constituent of these public servants, you can re...
Sunshine Week 2008 Webcast March 29, 2008, 1 - 2:30 PM EDT
OpenTheGovernment.Org presents an internet webcast: "Sunshine Week 2008 Webcast: Government Secrecy: Censoring Your Right to Know". It will be held on March 19, 2008, 1 - 2:30 PM (EDT) Participate i...
Introducing Democracy SoS Project, from FairVote
FairVote now has a watchdog group for Secretaries of State (SoS) for all of the states, called "Democracy SoS Project". A Secretary of State is an state executive office responsible for the state's e...
Nation's top public health agency blocks critical study on Great Lakes region
The Center for Public Integrity has uncovered a federal agency-suppressed report on a high public safety risk for people living in the U.S. and Canada Great Lakes region. "For more than seven months,...
Lies, lies and more lies-- the U.S. Executive branch leading to the Iraq War
The Associated Press reports on a study done by the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism. It collected and analysed false statements made by many leaders of the U.S...
Tell your Senators to vote YES on improved government transparency
.gov Watch blog reports a new government transparency bill: S2321, titled the "E-Government Reauthorization Act of 2007". It updates an earlier Act, and makes government wesites easier to search on s...
Tell your Congressmen YES to "plain language" government documents
Josh Tauberer writes in Legislative Analysis Community Blog at GovTrack that there's a bill in both houses of Congress mandating "plain language" government documents. The U.S. House bill is HR3548; t...
Freedom of Information Act passes-- requesting info from federal government now easier
Watchdog blog from Public Citizen reports on the legislative history of the recent FOIA bill signed into law by President Bush on December 31st.For more than 40 years, the Freedom of Information Act (...
Senate passes new FOIA bill
The FOIA, or Freedom of Information Act, has become up-to-date to service increased government transparency demands. FOIA is a term used by the general public to request information from any federal ...
Check who your Congressmen meet with
Sunlight Foundation provides assistance to government database projects. One of these, the Punch Clock Campaign, asks Congressmembers to post on the internet many of their meetings. To date, there a...
As internet reveals government increasingly, Bush administration is secret
I am continually amazed at the rush of government databases available to the citizen these days. If you look at my left-hand column, you will see an ever-growing list of mostly free-to-use campaign fi...