OCE, approps hearings, and DISCLOSE Act

[Daniel Schuman]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share with you some recent blogpost on keeping Congress open and transparent.

* A look at whether OCE's funding will be cut this year, with recommendations for strengthening congress' watchdog  http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/03/26/will-the-houses-ethics-watchdog-be-silenced/ 

* S. Approps hearing on internal transparency bodies (secretary of Senate, Sergeant At Arms) including money to improve lobbying disclosure database http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/03/27/senate-committee-hears-internal-office-budget-requests/

* COGR oversight hearing on FOIA http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/03/26/house-examines-the-role-of-technology-in-transparency/

* Sunlight testimony for Thursday's S. Rules hearing on DISCLOSE http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/03/27/sunlight-submits-testimony-in-favor-of-disclose-act/

*  Eshoo amendment to require disclosure of political contributions greater than $10k to groups airing political ads http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/03/27/eshoo-disclosure-amendment-to-be-voted-on-today/

Daniel

Daniel Schuman
Director | Advisory Committee on Transparency
Policy Counsel | The Sunlight Foundation
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