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Update on Penguin PAC
By Bill Allison Jun 1, 2007 3:16 a.m.As I noted at Sunlight's main site, the Penguin PAC is indeed Rep. Tim Ryan's leadership PAC.
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Findings in the FARA Database
By Bill Allison May 30, 2007 10:59 p.m.Two quick items I came across while browsing through the FARA database: the first is the articles of incorporation of the Alexander Strategy Group, the lobbying firm run by former Tom DeLay staffer Edward Buckham, which was implicated in the Jack Abramoff scandals. In January 2006, Buckham told the Washington Post that the firm was closing up shop in because "reports in the press have made it difficult to continue as a lobbying/political entity."
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FARA Puts Some Disclosures Online
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Going Back To An Earlier Post...
By Anupama Narayanswamy Apr 24, 2007 9:50 p.m.on the letter Senator McCain wrote to the Secretary of the Air Force: Here's a copy of it, from the Project on Government Oversight
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USDA Puts Aid Recipients' Social Security Numbers Online
By Anupama Narayanswamy Apr 20, 2007 4:09 p.m.For almost a decade, some divisions of the Department of Agriculture published the Social Security numbers of individuals who receive federal aid in a publicly available online database of government grants. The Farm Service Agency and at least one other agency within Agriculture included the nine digit numbers as part of the tracking number assigned to each recipient of government assistance, called a Federal Award ID.
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"Our Pledge to You, the Constituent..."
By Bill Allison Apr 10, 2007 5:38 p.m.Here's an idea that occurred to me after reading John Stanton's piece today in Roll Call that notes the disclosure requirements for members of Congress who might personally profit from earmarks--part of the reforms adopted by the House and the Senate--don't apply to congressional aides. There's a passage in the article about a few members who have instituted internal ethics rules to deal with relatives of aides who lobby. Are these written rules? Are there other written rules that members have for their offices? And if so, will members make these public?
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