Ten Questions That USASpending.Gov Can’t Answer →
USASpending.gov is supposed to be a hub for citizens to find information about government spending, but it comes up short when trying to answer some key questions.
“The government ought to be limiting prosecutions to those intending to harm our national defense. The overzealous prosecutions and subsequent silencing of those who might disclose government information undermines the legitimacy of national security claims and every open government declaration the President has made.”
Angela Canterbury, POGO’s Director of Public Policy, on the AP phone spying scandal.
CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years →
LANGLEY, VAThe most crucial passages of U.S. intelligence have been emphasized with indelible black highlighters.
So that was the problem!
“The TSA, for example, could devote an entire museum to expensive but ineffective systems: puffer machines, body scanners, FAST behavioral screening, and so on.”
And that’s why security laws need to be transparent and accountable. Otherwise we are going to be wasting money on expensive programs that don’t make us any safer.
Tell Your Representative to Join the Congressional Watchdog Caucus
This is a no-brainer. There is a new bipartisan caucus that is going to help whistleblowers and work to reduce waste in the government.
Everyone’s Representative should be in this caucus. So tell them to join.
When it comes to transparency, there are two American governments.
“They said they were ‘shocked’ by my open records request. I was shocked they tried to charge me $2,963. 140 days later… I got the records for $291”
FOIA Shaming
Here is a cool blog to follow in honor of Sunshine Week
Love this idea. There could be a lot of pictures with federal agencies in the background.
Happy Sunshine Week!
Here are some ways the government can make it easy for taxpayers to find out where their money is going.
