The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) works with Congress to provide information, estimates and analysis that support the federal budget process.
Read MoreGovernment Accountability Office Online Archive Dates Back to 1971
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) prepares reports related to government operations and expenditures.
Read MoreComplete Pentagon Papers To Be Released
The New York Times (and other major dailies) reported today that all 7,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers will be released on Monday, June 13, 2011-- 40 years after Daniel Ellsberg's original leak which led to groundbreaking First Amendment jurisprudence. Interesting to note from the news coverage on the release:
- This is the first time a full, unredacted copy of the Pentagon Papers will be published. Earlier releases were incomplete.
- Leslie H. Gelb, now president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and then director of the task force that wrote the officially titled Report of the O.S.D. Vietnam Task Force, characterized his team's work as "catch-as-catch-can studies based on available documents," and said the work was never meant to be comprehensive.
Here's the link to the full story in The Times.
Faster FOIA Act
Faster FOIA Act of 2011 Passed by Senate; Now to House
Read MoreThe Congressional Research Service
First in our 3 part series on records created by independent Congressional support agencies. This week: the Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Read MoreWSJ Publishes Jet Tracker Database after Obtaining Private Aircraft Flight Data from the FAA
The Wall Street Journal has waded into the debate over whether flight data generated by private aircrafts should be considered public information even if aircraft owners request that the data be blocked from public view.
Read MoreWall Street Journal’s Motion to Intervene Reopens Court Case that Blocked Public Disclosure of Medicare Claims Data in 1979
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) maintains a computerized database that tracks every Medicare claim filed by providers and every dollar paid out to beneficiaries. The database is accessible by government investigators to detect fraud, but it is unavailable in its entirety to the general public due to a 1979 federal court decision. Yesterday, a United States Magistrate Judge recommended that the case be reopened for consideration.
Read MoreOSHA Records Provide Employer History Information
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) makes many of its records available online.
Read MoreBay Area Public Employee Salaries Database Updated, with Additional Detail
The Bay Area News Group, which first launched its public employee salaries database last year, has updated the site with data for 2010.
Read MoreSacramento Bee Gift Database Updated and Expanded
The Sacramento Bee's recently updated state leader gift database contains data on nearly 82,000 gifts from registered lobbying entities valued at approximately $4 million. The database, which covers the last 10 years, is searchable by corporations/interest groups that lobby or the name of the gift recipient.
Read MoreCenter for Public Integrity Launches iWatch News for Investigative Journalism
This week, the Center for Public Integrity launched a beta version of a new investigative journalism web site called iWatch News.
Read MoreCPSC Database Now Available from SaferProducts.gov
The Consumer Product Safety Commission launched the SaferProducts.gov portal for complaints and recalls related to the 15,000 types of consumer goods it oversees.
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