The Stimulus Bill, formally known as American Investment and Recovery Act of 2009, is 1,1000 pages long. It was made available in its final form on February 12 at 10:45pm. About 13 hours later, the report was brought up for ...Read More
Yesterday President Obama announced he would send legislation to Congress to restore the 'pay as you go' law, or PAYGO, which came into effect in 1990. The President summarized it by saying, "Congress can only spend a dollar if ...Read More
Much like the recent trend toward organic foods, it is becomming as hip to be transparent as it is to Twitter. In a poll conducted earlier this year by the Coalition for an Accountable Recovery, almost 80% of Americans believed ...Read More
On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved to make Representatives' expenses available online. This is a welcomed step in the direction of transparency. Government watchdog Sunlight Foundation called for the release of these electronic documents more than 1 year ago at publicmarkup.org. With ...Read More
Each Wednesday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown answers questions from MPs in the Commons for 30 minutes. Today's questions, recorded here, covered topics including global warming and affordable housing. The Prime Minister's Questions is a lively event where members of Parliament ...Read More
Corporations reward their employers with bonus compensation and salary increases relative to how well they perform. In sports, New York Yankee’s third baseman Cody Ransom earns $450,200 per year, while teammate Alex Rodriguez earns 73 times as much ($33 million) ...Read More
The release of the human genome sequence via the Human Genome Project is said to have led to the creation of 500 new drugs currently waiting for approval by the FDA. President Obama had models like this one in mind ...Read More
The National Acadamy of Public Administration has hosted an online, week long open dialogue here. The goal? Solicit recommendations to answer this question: How can we strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness by making government more transparent, participatory, and ...Read More