Ellen Miller blogs today over at the Sunlight Foundation about the legacy of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Transparency Act). The Transparency Act mandated that all federal spending be easily accessible and searchable in the Internet. After the law passed in 2006, the federal government launched USASpending.gov in 2007, which was built on the software platform that powers OMB Watch's FedSpending.org. Ellen reports the legacy of this federal law is being felt at the state level, all over the country:

Following up on yesterday's post about the Bush Adminsitration's meddling in the labor market, here's another revealing example of how committed the administration is to the Free Marke

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released an analysis this past Friday afternoon examining the impact of tax cuts for high-income households. In particular, the analysis attempts to understand the impact those tax cuts would (or would not) have on small businesses. CBPP used a broad definition of small business in their analysis when they looked at the impact of increasing the top two marginal tax rates, retaining the estate tax, and closing the carried interest loophole. The paper concludes:

The Economic Policy Institute has released the advanced version of The State of Working America, 2008/2009; full version will be available Jan. 2009. Described as the "most comprehensive independent analysis of the U.S. labor market" by the Financial Times, the 11th edition shows that the business cycle that started in 2001 will be one for the record books....Prepared biennially since 1988, The State of Working America scrutinizes family incomes, jobs, wages, unemployment, wealth, poverty, and health care coverage, describing the economy's effect on our nation's standard of living.