The websites of U.S. senators are a poor place to look if you are interested in their views on climate change, according to a recent analysis. Although websites are one of a politician's best ways to present their views and educate and engage their constituents about important issues, many of the nation's senators fail to do so, based on a review of websites by Grist, the environmental news outlet.

Originally due out at the beginning of this month, the three memoranda released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today are a substantive step by the Obama administration in its attempt to reform government contracting. OMB issued the memos in response to a directive in a March 4 presidential memorandum on contracting reform. The three memos provide guidance to agency heads on performing reviews of current contracts, developing plans to reduce the amount of money spent on future outsourcing, managing the multi-sector workforce, and improving the use of contractor performance information. These memos are precursors to more detailed guidance on competition, contract types, acquisition workforce, and outsourcing due out by September 30 of this year.

These and other seemingly commonsensical budget cuts can be found in an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) report released yesterday.

As a result of the Open Government dialogue the administration has conducted over the past few months, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has opened a new internet based discussion on the administration’s policy regarding the federal government’s use of web-tracking technologies.  On previous government blog discussions of different topics the cookie policy was of continuous interest sparking this separate effort.