Vol. 13     No. 16      PDF Version

Revenue & Spending

Automatic Defense Cuts No Threat to National Security

Unless Congress acts to undo the $110 billion in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect early next year, most federal programs will be cut by about eight ...

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Open, Accountable Govt.

California Suspends Open Meetings Law to Save Money

In June, the California state legislature suspended the state's open meetings law, which requires cities and other agencies to publish the agendas of public meetings before they occur and ...

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Open, Accountable Govt.

The STOCK Act Faces New Hurdles

On Aug. 2, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit and an injunction against the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), challenging the constitutionality of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act ...

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