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Bipartisan Bill Would Expose Efforts to Influence Super Committee

Representatives Loebsack (D-IA), Quigley (D-IL) and Renacci (R-OH) introduced the Deficit Committee Transparency Act today, an important bill that would shine a light on efforts by outside interests to sway the twelve members of the Committee on Defic… [...]

Bipartisan Bill Would Expose Efforts to Influence Super Committee

Representatives Loebsack (D-IA), Quigley (D-IL) and Renacci (R-OH) introduced the Deficit Committee Transparency Act today, an important bill that would shine a light on efforts by outside interests to sway the twelve members of the Committee on Defic… [...]

Agency Responses to House Oversight Committee’s Survey Show Excessive Manual Data Entry

Yesterday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released agency responses to a survey on agencies’ internal financial management systems. We’ve been curious to peek behind this curtain for a while, considering the public version of t… [...]

Garden Fresh Produce with Nature’s Own Misting

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Okay, it’s a little rainy and misty this week, but you know how I think of it? You know those sprayers at the supermarket that shoot mist all over the lettuce and carrots? There’s a similar situation going on at the Garden right this very moment at our weekly Greenmarket. A bunch of beautiful produce [...] [...]

Mario Batali’s Edible Garden Recipe of the Day: Strawberry Gelato

A recipe for Strawberry Gelato from Mario Batali’s Edible Garden at The New York Botanical Garden. [...]

2Day in #OpenGov 9/7/2011

Here is Wednesday’s rainy look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News Roundup: Super Committee Sarah Kuehl, a veteran Senate B… [...]

Morning Eye Candy: Ethereal

Lantana camara 'Evita Rose'
A picture of Asclepias flowers at The New York Botanical Garden. [...]

Amazing Agastache

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Agastache, also known as hummingbird mint, is an indispensable addition to any late summer garden. [...]

2Day in #OpenGov 9/6/2011

Here is Tuesday’s look at the [[short!]] week’s transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News Roundup: Super Committee Nearly 100 regist… [...]

FOIA Under Attack in Illinois

This week we continue our coverage of the rollbacks of Illinois’s Freedom of Information law with a guest post from Emily Miller. Miller is the Policy and Government Affairs Coordinator at the Better Government Association, a non-profit, non-parti… [...]