Going for the low hanging fruit first (earmarks in EarmarkWatch.org). So let’s look at the $141,000 that the Alabama School of Math and Science in Mobile, Ala., got in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Act.
The school–a public, residential school for sophomores through seniors who are gifted in science and math–employed Capitol […]
Entries Tagged as 'Lobbying'
Another Bonner Earmark, another lobbying link
February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Ad Hoc · Earmarks · General Real Time · Lobbying
Inspector General launches probe of Traffic.com contracts
February 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Transportation’s Inspector General has launched an investigation of the Transportation Technology Innovation and Demonstration program–at the request of a pair of members of Congress, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y.–to determine whether the program, as administered by the Federal Highway Administration, fulfilled the goals set for it by Congress and whether FHWA […]
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New, improved Senate lobbying disclosure site is up and running
January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
As I noted here, the Senate Office of Public Records lobbying disclosure site is officially up and running (and had been since New Year’s Eve–apparently my browsers kept showing the cached version of the old site–which, for diehard fans of it, is still available here). Pam Gavin, the superintendent of public records, told me that […]
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