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  1. July 29, 2009, 8:45 am

    ACCOUNTABILITY: Defense Auditors Tighten Rules for Contractors

    The management of the Defense Contract Auditing Agency has issued new policies that extend the organization’s traditional green eyeshade mission into non-traditional matters of monitoring contractor ethics, according to an internal memo obtained by PaperTrail. And those changes are proving to be controversial, according to at least one lawyer who represents industry. Read more

  2. April 09, 2009, 10:47 am

    ACCOUNTABILITY: Disclosure Filings by Lobbyists Still Incomplete

    After a rash of congressional ethics scandals, Congress toughened up lobbying disclosure rules by passing the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act in 2007. But just how transparent have lobbyists become since then? The answer appears to be ‘more,’ but there remains plenty of room for improvement. Read more

  3. April 02, 2009, 3:58 pm

    TRANSPORTATION: How Does High-Speed Rail Get From Here to There?

    Backers of high-speed rail service have never been more excited. Thanks to the unabashed enthusiasm of the Obama administration, $13 billion in new federal funding may suddenly be available, courtesy of the stimulus package and the president’s budget proposal. But as a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing made clear Wednesday, there’s still a long path to travel in transforming American high speed rail from pipe dream to reality. Read more

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