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Behind Open Doors


We want to know what our government is up to.If officials do bad things or just extremely clumsy money-wasting things, we need to know. Then we can try to do something about it. It’s called oversight.Oversight requires transparency. If officials hide their activities it gets difficult to learn what they’re up to. I don’t say we should be told secrets the public unveiling of which would compromise our national security. But almost everything else is fair game. [Read More]

The Sammies

See who won the Sammies!

Our 2007 Sammie Awards were a huge success. Check out our winners, and stay tuned for how you can enter the upcoming 2008 Sammies!  [Read More]

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