kansas conflict of interest statutes require many involved with state government to file statements of substantial interest ssi forms once a year at the end of april. in state fiscal year 2008 there were 9225 individuals required to file yet about 120 individuals have not yet filed the required report. most of the individuals failing to file are at state universities.
at their mont...... [Show More]
ifpi abandons 3 strikes model for danish filesharers torrentfreak
delver blog archive a taxonomy of social search approaches
social search as a type of web search method that determines the relevance of search results by considering the interactions or contributions of users social search takes many forms ranging from simple shared bookmarks or tagging o...... [Show More]
love canal
a superfund site involves the cleanup of hazardous waste . its a term used by the us environmental protection agency to designate a program to clean up abandoned hazardous waste. the superfund program full name being comprehensive environmental response compensation and liability act of 1980 cercla was a result of disasters like toxic waste dumping sites lov...... [Show More]
an edited version of an essay that appeared in aprila
doug millison mashes up a 1979 bw graphic by josh gosfield
in this final essay in a series let me explain why i accuse mass media of dereliction of duty for helping mislead the nation into war for uncritically swallowing the sensational and for too often ignoring complex problems until they erupt into cris...... [Show More]
recently governor pbj touted the center for public integrity assessment of the brandspanking new ethics package passed by the lege last spring on msnbc
weve revamped ethics. louisiana is now on the top of the list according to the center for public integrity
louisiana aint on the top of the list mainly because other states have also revamped their ethi...... [Show More]
for the children Post Source: theoperativeword.com Posted: Nov 11 2008 14:34:48
i believe the children are our future
teach them well and let them lead the way
whitney houston or any loudoun school rep
a lot of folks have turned a skeptical eye towards the school board of late. i hear a lot of tough talk about cleaning house. the lenah controversy has clearly had an effect countywide on the perceptions of the school leadership. the school bonds passed by a whisker co..... [Show More]
oh thats not just my own interpretation. aloudoun countys assessor todd kaufman said of this shadowy board the whole thing just stinks of corruption .a if any of you missed it while i was onahiatus here is a link to a scathing review of the boes operations by the center for public integrity where you will find that quote and more.a tell me if you c...... [Show More]
even though scientists have been warning about greenhouse gas emissions since the 1950s some very prominent and potentially powerful people still deny that human activity is causing climate change .
we can understand someone being skeptical of this position back in the 1950s when the idea was still new and the climate effects were mostly theoretical.a but given the overwhe...... [Show More]
the healthcare industry spent more than 189 million on lobbying the federal government in 2007 up more than 32 from the year before. over the past decade pharmaceutical interests alone have spent more than 1 billion on federal lobbying. we take a look at the sway healthcare lobbyist have over congressional legislation and what that might mean for the proposals of both obama and mccain. c...... [Show More]
the investigative group center for public integrity this morning posted bootlegged portions of what appears to be a disturbing and purportedly suppressed gov ernment report about environmental contamination across the great lakes region. six years in the making the report assesses evidence of healththreatening contamination in 26 areas of concern covering parts of eight ...... [Show More]
originally posted aug 17 2007 by jamess on dailykos
according to corpwatch
over the past three years as of august 2004 the big five media companies disney abc news corp fox ge nbc telemundo viacom abc time warner cnn wb plus the nab national association of broadcasters have spent over 79740000 on lobbying....... [Show More]
the nations leading drug makers have underwritten the largest political issue ad campaign on television this election season spending 13.1 million in the past five weeks on tv spots praising members of congress who voted to expand a popular federalstate health insurance program for lowerand middleincome children the center for public integrity reports on its web site.
the ads are pai...... [Show More]
when i started this blog back during the primaries i expected to hear a busload of pandering from both sides of the aisle and tried to comment on the most egregious outbursts from all parties including obama clinton and mccain and they didnt disappoint.
say aargh
abut with justatwo weeks to go before the general election i cant even begin to process the out and ...... [Show More]
muckraking sources Post Source: discoursology.net Posted: Oct 18 2008 10:58:23
usbased innovative projects promoting critical investigative journalism in the tradition of the muckrakers of old descriptions from the organisati ons websites
the center for investigative reporting is a nonprofit organization that reveals injustice and strengthens democracy through the tools of journalism. investigative reporting requiring long lead times and signif...... [Show More]
will there be a book on the iranian mind also via war and piece and the center for public integrity
papertrail has obtained an exclusive copy of the militarys field guide for cultural intelligence for possible military operations in iran which is designed to help the u.s. military understand foreign cultures. though nowhere near as enjoyable as the u.s. armys 1943 instr...... [Show More]
the recent allegations made against the association of community organizations for reform now acorn for voter fraud is one of those stories that gets my blood boiling.a the traditional media for the most part has done a horrible job of pointing out the facts regarding acorns voter registration efforts to the public.a its key to be clear exactly what ind of fraud is ta...... [Show More]
im a little late on this but today is blog action day a day organized to raise awareness about this years topic of poverty. a
i dont pretend to be expert on poverty by any means so im not going to stay close to the topic. abut i think its important to discuss how we can use the web in general to draw attention to important issues.
when aptures s...... [Show More]
wrtl Post Source: politicalactivitylaw.com Posted: Oct 16 2008 11:10:12
the center for public integrity has a very nice article on wrtl and the state of play for outside groups this cycle....... [Show More]
free the debates Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Oct 15 2008 20:48:33
what do arianna huffington the founders of craigslist and wikipedia kos the big wigs of moveon.org the cofounder of redstate.org and a number of internet pioneers all have in common they are all part of something call the open debate coalition a group of folks left right and center who want to see the presidential debates and the commission that organizes them fundamentally reformed.
...... [Show More]
this is another of my slightly offtopic rants and i hope youll forgive the intrusion of politics once more into what should be all about the beer but with a very important election just around the corner i just cant help myself. tonight is the final debate between the two majorparty candidates john mccain and barack obama and naturally no thirdparty candidates will be invited ...... [Show More]
finance lee meyerson lawyer for the big banks to the financial rescue by marianne lavelle a lawyer who has represented some of the nations largest banks and helped them in their bids to grow even larger has been tapped to advise the treasury department in its unprecedented effort to nationalize some of those same institutions to shore up troubled financial markets. lee meye...... [Show More]
pyle driver Post Source: ecobuying.com Posted: Oct 14 2008 07:42:15
by guest author
the following is a guest post by marianne lavelle a staff writer at the center for public integrity . it was originally published there and is reposted on grist with cpis kind permission.
an advocacy group run by a political operative with oil industry ties and a famous photoop history is spearheading a late advertising blitz to sway se...... [Show More]
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