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Broadcasters petition FCC to stay online posting of political ad files
By Keenan Steiner Jul 5, 2012 12:59 p.m.The nation's broadcasters are trying another method to stop the Federal Communications Commission from putting information about political ads online.
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OMB clears way for FCC to put political ads online
By Keenan Steiner Jun 26, 2012 4:05 p.m.
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Time Warner Cable posts its political file online, so why the fuss, NAB?
By Keenan Steiner Jun 15, 2012 3:17 p.m.If posting already-public information on political ad spending is so damaging to broadcasters, as the National Association of Broadcasters argues, then why has one of the country's biggest cable providers been doing it since 2010?
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FCC expects political ad buys to be online before 2012 election
By Keenan Steiner Apr 27, 2012 5:36 p.m.The Federal Communications Commission voted to give the public online access to reports detailing new political ad buys from affiliates of the top four networks in the 50 largest media markets before November’s election, despite objections from the nation’s broadcasters.
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Fourth "Supercommittee" Meeting to Review Tax Code
By Katy Schultz Sep 21, 2011 10:48 a.m.Thursday morning the Super Committee will convene for the fourth time since its creation in response to the debt crisis over the summer. The committee, officially named the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, conducted a breakfast meeting behind closed doors Sept. 15, despite the insistence of transparency by government watchdog groups and fellow legislators. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., released a statement expressing his disappointment regarding the private breakfast.
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Powerful financial council could deny or delay public information
By Nancy Watzman May 31, 2011 1:43 p.m.A newly created powerful federal financial council will have broad latitude to deny or delay Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests if it adopts proposed rules, charges a financial watchdog group.
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Major banks use one lobbyist to team up on Dodd-Frank
By Ryan Sibley May 24, 2011 11:25 a.m.The international law firm, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton LLP, is lobbying Congress on behalf of three of the world’s biggest financial institutions regarding the derivatives market -- one of the major issues tackled by the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, according to disclosure forms filed this year.
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Freshman lawmaker works to repeal transparency effort in Dodd-Frank
By Ryan Sibley May 12, 2011 2:48 p.m.Last week members of the Capital Markets Subcommittee forwarded legislation to repeal a portion of Dodd-Frank that requires big banks to disclose income information for all of its employees onto the full Committee on Financial Services for consideration.
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OGD: FDA to launch product recall database
By Nancy Watzman Jun 16, 2010 2:23 p.m.When salmonella outbreaks were discovered last year in peanut butter and pistachios, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took action by posting information about affected products on its web page, creating a widget where consumers could do look-ups, and providing a downloadable database of the information--all of which proved tremendously popular. Starting this fall, the public will have access to a similar database containing details about all food, drug, and medical device recalls that occurred throughout the year, according to agency officials.
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