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Close to 70% of U.S. embassies tweet
Several embassies appear to still be assessing whether or not their Twitter account is an "official" communication channel.
Transparency groups call for THOMAS bulk downloads
Transparency watchdogs, goo-goo groups and a few others say it’s time the congressional legislation website known as THOMAS offer bulk downloads of its database so that others might do a better...
White House unveils ethics.gov
Federal officials launched March 8 a new federal website called ethics.gov , promising to provide records from seven different data sets in a searchable format. The website pulls together data from
HHS, DOT start open government plan refresh
Two federal agencies seek feedback to inform updates to their open government plans as the 2 year deadline for refreshing them comes due this spring. The Open Government Directive requires executive
House adopts XML for online legislative documents
House committees are being encouraged to post legislative documents such as bills, amendments, and resolutions onto a new centralized website and utilize XML schemas when doing so. Following a
Senate reports its own spending
The Senate posted (.pdf) Nov. 14 the first of what will become a semiannual report on its spending, as required by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act 2010 ( P.L. No. 111-68 ). The 2314 page, 12
Spotlight: New public comment database pulls from Regulations.gov
The Sunlight Foundation has created a database of businesses' official public comments on Regulations.gov. Users can search for a business on the Influence Explorer site to see whether the company
Backgrounder: Super Congress
What the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is: As part of the Budget Control Act of 2011 ( S. 365 Public Law 112-25 [.pdf]) deal to raise the debt ceiling, Congress created a joint
House may increase fiscal 2012 E-Gov budget
Legislation approved June 16 by a House Appropriations subcommittee would restore, in part, fiscal 2012 funding for the General Services Administration's e-Government Fund. According to a fiscal 2012
White House visitor logs imperfect transparency tool
As a tool for government transparency, disclosure of White House visitor logs are an imperfect means of recording executive office of the president activity, witnesses told a May 3 House Energy &
