Today’s mental health break: a behind-the-scenes featurette with the actors and directors of “Game of Thrones.”
Of dragons in a non-dragon world, and much more.
E-PluribusUnum.org- Bolton and the Toothless Specter of Executive Privilege in the Senate[Editor: This is a guest post by Kel McClanahan, the executive director of National Security Counselors and an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, where he teaches Law of Secrecy. He can be found on Twitter at … Continue reading →
- GREAT Act News: Open Federal Grant Data Is The Default In The USACongress has quietly made an open, license-free identifier for the recipients of federal grants the default option for agencies in the United States. While truly open grant data is not mandatory, every agency must now decide whether to use non-proprietary … Continue reading →
- The US government should preserve the social media histories of officials, not delete themThis week, a new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took the oath of office, but not the access credentials for @FDACommissioner on Twitter. Instead, Dr. Stephen M. Hahn began tweeting at @SteveFDA, after FDA staff changed the … Continue reading →
- US FOIA Advisory Committee considers recommendations to part the rising curtains of secrecyGovernment secrecy, as measured by censorship or non-responsiveness under the Freedom of Information Act, is at an all-time high during the Trump administration. The Freedom of Information Act is getting worse under Trump for a variety of reasons. Continued secrecy … Continue reading →
- Snapchat’s political ad disclosure once again shows the limits of self-regulationLike Google, Facebook and Twitter, Snapchat now has an online political ad library. That’s good news: every technology company that accept money to run issues and campaign ads should have a political ad file – particularly one that has aspirations … Continue reading →
- How federal agencies can make better /open government webpagesUnder President Donald J. Trump, the American government has moved back from being more open to more closed, as Congressional hearings and watchdogs have documented since January 2017. The Trump administration has undermined trust in both government and the press. … Continue reading →
- Mueller hearing shows another way Congress needs to modernize: digitizing the witness standIn one hearing room at the U.S. Capitol, the Select Committee on Modernization held a relatively hearing on modernizing legislative information technology. In the other, another hearing showed why upgrading our Congress is needed as soon as possible, when a … Continue reading →
- Tolerating violations of the Hatch Act undermines the rule of law in the USAIn a world where corruption and maladministration allow injustice, tolerate criminality, or even lead to avoidable deaths, what public officials do on social media can fly under the radar as a matter deserving public attention. And yet, the United States … Continue reading →
- How this White House is failing to engage the public about the federal data strategyToday in Washington, DC, the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Data Coalition are hosting a public forum for feedback on the draft action plan for the new federal data strategy. Remote access is available for those … Continue reading →
- White House to host “social media summit” to advance conspiracy theory about ideological biasIn May 2019, a new White House campaign to collect data on social media bias is raising free speech and privacy alarms – and the Trump administration has been far less than transparent about the project’s purpose or the policies … Continue reading →
- Bolton and the Toothless Specter of Executive Privilege in the Senate
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