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Senate Passes Appropriations Bill, Including Removing LSC Restrictions
6 Nov 2009, 6:01 pm |
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OMB Watch Submits Comments on Contractor Database
6 Nov 2009, 1:08 pm |
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Will ACUS Be Up and Running Soon?
5 Nov 2009, 1:30 pm |
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Just Don't Call it "Stimulus"
5 Nov 2009, 11:23 am |
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Groups Urge Transparency in Health Care Reform Implementation
4 Nov 2009, 1:49 pm |
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Federal Lobbyists have Increasingly Terminated Their Registrations
3 Nov 2009, 6:07 pm |
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Common Cause Reports on Possible Ramifications of Citizens United Case
3 Nov 2009, 4:31 pm |
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CBO Reports $108 Billion Spent on Stimulus
3 Nov 2009, 4:02 pm |
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Slow Pace of Regulation Takes Toll on Health and Environment
3 Nov 2009, 11:54 am |
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Targeting Recovery Act Funding
2 Nov 2009, 7:33 pm |
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OMB Watch OMB Watch's Brian Turnbaugh comments on what Forbes dubs "America's most toxic cities."
Source: www.forbes.com
Poor air quality, lack of clean water and a high rate of Superfund sites make these metros most contaminated.
OMB Watch OMB Watch's Lee Mason talks with Free Speech Radio News about a recent study on federal lobbyists "terminating" their registrations and what that may mean for transparency and lobbying disclosure.
OMB Watch Updates Chemical Security Database, Enhancing Public's Right to Know about Potential Risks
Source: www.ombwatch.org
On Oct. 29, OMB Watch posted updated information about the risks of serious public harm posed by thousands of chemical facilities nationwide. The information is available for free on RTK NET, at http://www.rtknet.org/db/rmp.
OMB Watch OMB Watch's Craig Jennings notes in this article that Recovery Act jobs data only tell part of the story about the economic impact of the stimulus.
Source: money.cnn.com
White House releases first broad look at stimulus-funded employment, focusing on $150 billion in spending.
The latest issue of OMB Watch's newsletter, The Watcher, is now available. Head over to http://www.ombwatch.org/watcher to read individual articles or access a PDF of the whole issue. Here's a quick sampling of some of the articles available in the Oct...
Turning Back the Clock: The Obama Administration and the Legacy of Bush-era Midnight Regulations | O
Source: www.ombwatch.org
In the waning days of the Bush administration, agencies finalized scores of new regulations. Many of these so-called midnight regulations were deregulatory in nature. In this new analysis, OMB Watch examines the Obama administration's efforts to address these measures and presents a rule-by-rule p...
Source: www.fedspending.org
On October 22, 2009, FedSpending.org was updated with new federal data, which provides site users with full spending data for federal contracts through part of the first three quarters of FY 2009 and federal assistance data for the first two quarters of FY 2008.
OMB Watch OMB Watch's Executive Director, Gary Bass, comments on today's Recovery.gov data release.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
The public will get its first granular look Thursday at how the $787 billion stimulus package is being spent -- but the information may leave armchair auditors dissatisfied, and the data on job-creation data will be less than definitive.
The latest issue of OMB Watch's newsletter, The Watcher, is now available. Head over to http://www.ombwatch.org/watcher to read individual articles or access a PDF of the whole issue....
Source: news.yahoo.com
A controversial e-mail message buried by the Bush administration because of its conclusions on global warming surfaced Tuesday, nearly two years after it was first sent to the White House and never opened.
Source: www.federalnewsradio.com
Craig Jennings is a senior policy analyst at OMB Watch, a nonprofit group that promotes transparency and accountability in the federal government. He speaks with Federal News Radio about Recovery.gov and the soon-to-come first wave of Recovery Act recipient reporting.
Thomas J Rowan I just got your email looking for donations. Being out of work since March '09 means I have limited resources. When I get a job, then I may help. Tom
Source: news.yahoo.com
President Barack Obama's new standards of openness in the federal government have not trickled down to some of its agencies, where officials have used special statutes inserted into bills to skirt the Freedom of Information Act, open government advocates said Wednesday.
