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  1. April 15, 2009, 11:43 am

    ENVIRONMENT: Explaining the Climate Change Strategy

    Global warming is bad for public health — that’s the essence of a formal “finding” that the Environmental Protection Agency is set to make later this week. Some view the move as long overdue; others think it overreaches. But what it is, most clearly, is just one step in an elaborate dance being performed by the Obama administration and congressional leaders, who are united in their aim to force action on climate change. Read more

  2. March 19, 2009, 4:18 pm

    ACCOUNTABILITY: The Battle over Disclosing Senate Campaign Finance Records

    In recent months, Obama’s team has worked strenuously to beam the White House into the 21st century technologically — setting up its own blog, and featuring a YouTube channel and Twitter feed during the election. Yet when it comes to quicker and more accessible campaign finance disclosure, the Senate — his old stomping ground — has stayed mired in the past. Before Sunshine Week wraps up, it’s worth noting why. Read more

  3. March 18, 2009, 2:51 pm

    ACCOUNTABILITY: Changing Washington: The Hard Part

    You can get the latest from the Center by tuning in to our podcast series, the Public I, now offered every two weeks. Read more

  4. March 10, 2009, 3:33 pm

    POLITICS: Obama Distances Himself from Bush on Signing Statements

    If President Obama is keeping a to-do list of issues from the Bush era he needs to resolve, he checked off another one yesterday. The prez circulated a memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies laying down the principles he will follow henceforth in issuing “signing statements.” Read more

  5. March 09, 2009, 1:52 pm

    ENVIRONMENT: Advocates for Climate Change Action Face Pressure from Lobbyists, Skeptics

    President Obama might as well have yelled “Charge!” to the cavalry of climate change lobbyists when he released his budget plan — a plan that includes $646 billion in revenue through 2019 from the industries that emit greenhouse gases. Read more

  6. March 09, 2009, 9:58 am

    DEFENSE: Pentagon Contract Reform: A Decades-Old Conversation

    President Obama told us last week that "the days of giving defense contractors a blank check are over.” Well, maybe. Reforming Pentagon contracting is hardly a new idea, as evidenced by a presentation on Defense reform unearthed by PaperTrail. Read more

  7. March 02, 2009, 12:24 pm

    POLITICS: New HHS Nominee Sebelius Has Kansas Music Ties to Disclose

    Kansas Gov Kathleen Sebelius, the nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, seems to have considerably less to disclose than the last nominee, Tom Daschle, who withdrew under pressure. Read more

  8. February 25, 2009, 11:07 am

    POLITICS: A Look at Locke’s Disclosure Statement

    Now that President Obama has nominated former Washington Gov Gary Locke to head the Department of Commerce, PaperTrail (and probably Obama himself) wonders if three times will be the charm. The prez’s first pick for the job, New Mexico Gov Bill Richardson, stepped aside due to ethics questions and his second attempt to fill the position turned sour when GOP Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire changed his mind about taking the job. Read more

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