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News release: "Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released the 2009 Congressional Pig Book, the latest installment in the group’s 19-year exposé of pork-barrel spending. The Pig Book revealed 10,160 earmarks worth $19.6 billion...The Pig Book Summary profiles the most...
News release: "Rep. Dave Obey (D-WI), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI), incoming Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced three significant changes to further increase transparency and reduce funding levels for earmarks, building...
M-09-03, Guidance on implementing P.L. No. 110-329 in accordance with Executive Order 13457 on “Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks” (October 23, 2008) M-09-02, Information Technology Management Structure and Governance Framework: "Organizational Structure and Reporting Relationships of...
D-2008-110 The Cost, Oversight, and Impact of Congressional Earmarks Less Than $15 Million, August 8, 2008 (Reissued) Errata Memo....
D-2008-110 The Cost, Oversight, and Impact of Congressional Earmarks Less Than $15 Million, July 11, 2008 (Project No. D2007-D000FP-0254.002)...
DOD Deputy Inspector General for Auditing - Report on the Cost, Oversight, and Impact of Congressional Earmarks, March 31, 2008 (Project No. D2007-D000FP-0254.000)...
News release: "The Special Libraries Association (SLA) today met with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials to review the agency's report to the U.S. Congress on the future direction of its library network. The report, EPA National Library Network Report...
February 14, 2008 - Background and U.S. Relations February 13, 2008 - Earmarks Executive Order: Legal Issues February 13, 2008 - The Bali Agreements and Forests February 13, 2008 - Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs): Issues with Use and Disposal...
Fact Sheet: President Bush Takes Unprecedented Steps to Advance Earmark Reform, January 29, 2008 Executive Order: Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks, January 29, 2008...
Follow up to previous postings on EPA Library Closures, news from Library Journal: "Reversing a policy bitterly opposed by library advocates, many Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees, and the watchdog Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Congress in its omnibus...
Local Workforce Investment Area (LWIA) Executive Compensation, Report No. 02-07-204-03-390 (September 28, 2007) - Summary | Full Report Fiscal Year 2005 Department of Labor Earmarks, Report No. 02-07-205-50-598 (September 28, 2007) Full Report Complaint Involving the Department of Labor's Competitive...
Criminal Justice Resources: Sex Offender Laws, by Ken Strutin The Veil Doctrine in Company Law, by Amin George Forji Congressional Budget Office Launches Topical Health Website, by George Butterfield Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide - Updated and Revised,...
"Today, Sunlight and Taxpayers for Common Sense launched EarmarkWatch.org, a user-friendly, online investigative tool that lets citizens connect the dots between lawmakers, lobbyists, campaign contributors and earmarks, plus share info and comments on whether earmarks meet pressing needs, pay off...
Press release: "Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) have signed oaths declaring that, should they win the presidency in 2008, they will issue an executive order during their first month in office instructing...
On July 10, 2007 the OMB Earmarks Database "Added earmarks contained in selected authorization bills resulting in expenditures in FY 2005...[and] estimates on the number and cost of earmarks in the individual FY 2008 Appropriations bills as they move through...
M-07-17, Tracking Earmarks in the 2008 Appropriations Process (May 31, 2007) Related postings on earmarks...
2007-P-00025 EPA Can Improve Its Oversight of Audit Followup [Report PDF - 28 pages] [At a Glance PDF] May 24, 2007 2007-P-00024 Number of and Cost to Award and Manage EPA Earmark Grants, and the Grants’ Impact on the Agency’s...
Appropriations Committee Announces Earmark Reform Standards, April 17, 2007 Press release, Taxpayers for Common Sense: "The new standards require that both the committee bill and report clearly identify earmarks and include the amount, the recipient (or location) and the purpose...
Follow up to this March 12, 2007 posting, OMB Releases Database on Earmarks in Appropriations Bills for FY 2005, today the OMB "updated its earmarks database with details on 13,496 earmarks totaling more than $19 billion for Fiscal Year 2005...
Source: OMB Earmarks - "Earmarks are funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails...
Press release: "Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released the 2007 Congressional Pig Book. The Pig Book is CAGW’s annual compilation of all the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. The 2007 Pig Book identifies 2,658 pork projects at a...
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Congressional Earmark Certification to Comply with Clause 9 of Rule XXI and Clause 17 of Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 110th Congress - Democratic or Republican....
"Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released Guide to Earmark Reform. The report evaluates the recently-passed House ethics package (H. Res. 6) and the President's proposal for earmark reforms, and compares each with CAGW's recommendations." Related postings on earmarks...
OMB Fact Sheet, A Balanced Budget By 2012 and Earmark Reform, January 4, 2006....
President Bush Meets with Cabinet, Proposes Balanced Budget and Earmark Reform, January 3, 2007 Fact Sheet: A Balanced Budget by 2012 and Earmark Reform Increased Tax Revenues From A Strong Economy Coupled With Spending Restraint Will Reduce The Deficit And...
AP reports that in response to a FOIA suit filed by the Times Union newspaper, data for fiscal years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 on money directed to earmarked projects has not been posted on the New York State Senate website. [Please...
EPA Needs to Emphasize Management of Earmark Grants [Report PDF - 19 pages] [At a Glance PDF] September 26, 2006, Report No. 2006-P-00037....
M-06-27, Fiscal Year 2006 Year-end Accounting Guidance for Earmarked Funds (September 22, 2006)...
Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress - from the Executive Summary: "In the following report, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) documents the unethical activities of 25 members of Congress: 17 House Members and three...
Press release: "Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today joined a coalition of groups and websites to launch an interactive online database of the more than the 1,800 earmarks in the House version of the fiscal 2007 Departments of Labor, Health...
Appropriations Committee press release, July 13, 2006: "The Senate Appropriations Committee today gave approval to the fiscal year 2007 District of Columbia spending bill. The bill totals $597 million in federal funds, which is $200,000 below the fiscal year 2006...
Press release: "Today the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The bill recommends $31,730,000,000 in discretionary spending for the Department of Homeland Security. This is $715,000,000 more than the President’s fiscal year 2007 discretionary spending...
Review of the Senate's FY2007 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill, June 29, 2006....
Following up on Domestic Call Records Mined for Expansive Pentagon Database Program, today's passage by the House Judiciary Committee, voice vote, on H.Res. 819, "Requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to submit to the House of Representatives all...
Press release: "The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives conferees today approved the FY 2006 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery. The $94.5 billion bill includes funding for the war effort, hurricane...
Analyze This: The Evolution of Competitive Intelligence Products for the Legal Profession, by Donna Cavallini Interpretation and Translation Resources for the Criminal Justice System, by Ken Strutin Campaign Finance and the Internet: A Commentary on the Online Freedom of Speech...
FOIA Facts - Sunshine Week and Other Things, by Scott A. Hodes CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com - The Earmark - Part 2, by Paul Jenks E-Discovery Update - by Fios Inc. - Working With Obsolete Data, by Conrad J. Jacoby...
Follow-up to recent postings on Congressional earmarks, this February 28, 2006 press release: Senate Committee Approves Feinstein Measure to Reform Earmark Process - "The Senate Rules Committee today unanimously approved a proposal by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to require...
WSJ free feature today: In Search of Presidential Earmarks Pork, a Capitol Hill Staple, Also Is White House Custom, But Much Tougher to Track. CRS report referenced in the WSJ article, via FAS: Earmarks in Appropriation Acts: FY1994, FY1996, FY1998,...
BMG Music v. Gonzalez, Matt Schruers and Jonathan Band Job Swaps and Library Exchanges, by Katie Thomas Got Competitive Intelligence? Tips, Tools, Techniques for the Savvy Marketer (PPT), by Donna Cavallini and Sabrina I. Pacifici The Government Domain: FirstGov Becomes...
As a follow-up to my January 14, 2005 posting, FBI's Custom Database Project On Verge of Failure, additional documentation and news on the issue: February 3, 2005 - Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary,...
"GPO officials appeared before the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee this week [March 4] to request $25 million for digital publishing and distribution technology." [Link] "Our vision is to move the GPO forward from a predominantly ink-on-paper distributor of printing...
GSA audit confirms misuse of funds: "Employees at General Services Administration offices in three regions of the country misused 8(a) sole-source contracting authority, authorized work outside the scope of contracts and spent more than $133 million in funding earmarked for...