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DOE inspector general recommends consolidating national labs
Department of Energy Inspector General Gregory H. Friedman has told Congress that the agency should launch a program patterned on the military’s BRAC base closure program to streamline, downsize or...
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Family Research Council defends traditional marriage by bankrolling Republicans
The Family Research Council, which filed briefs opposing same-sex marriage ahead of this week's high-profile U.S. Supreme Court cases, has become an increasingly popular source of campaign cash for...
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Educational seminars or judicial junkets?
Does it matter that giant oil companies and drug makers are the most frequent sponsors of all-expense-paid seminars for federal judges? Does it matter that more than 100 of these judicial seminars have...
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Democrats seeking money for Massachusetts' special Senate election
The Democratic Party hasn't officially settled on a nominee to fill the seat of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who resigned earlier this year to become the country's new secretary of state. But it's already...
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Judges often ignore trip disclosure rules
Publicly filed reports of privately funded trips and seminars made by federal judges are often difficult to find, incomplete or missing altogether, according to a Center for Public Integrity...
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Judicial seminar backed by ex-president of Bolivia
The list of corporate sponsors of expense-paid judicial education seminars hosted by George Mason University’s Law & Economics Center in years past includes the names of such blue-chip companies as...
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Corporations, pro-business nonprofits foot bill for judicial seminars
Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expense-paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a...
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Judges flock to company-sponsored seminars
Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expenses-paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a...
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Bill aims to strengthen OSHA workplace enforcement
Targeting a law critics chide as dated and weak, Sen. Patty Murray has introduced legislation that would strengthen the 1970 law governing workplace safety.The bill, called the Protecting America’s...
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Give feedback on our Knight News Challenge text-mining idea
As part of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s News Challenge on open government, the Center has submitted an idea for a project called “Hidden in Plain Sight” where we would pour through the...
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The high cost of rattling North Korea’s cage
The U.S. delivered a very expensive message this week in dispatching a couple of its $3 billion, B-2 stealth bombers from Missouri to drop dummy bombs during training exercises in South Korea.As David...
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Dodd's failed presidential campaign fixes its books
Since the middle of March, the presidential committee of former Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., has filed 32 amended campaign finance reports with the Federal Election Commission, including 25 which were...
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New federal scrutiny in wake of Center and NPR grain bin 'drownings' report
Congress, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Justice Department are beginning to respond to the NPR-Center for Public Integrity Series on hundreds of persistent and preventable...
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The anatomy of a misleading fundraising email
The tone of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's latest fundraising pitch is decidedly doomsdayist."There are only 48 hours left — so I'll be blunt: If we get blown out on this first...
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Easter has friends on K Street
The Easter Bunny — that cotton-tailed purveyor of egg-shaped confections — will deliver his annual baskets of goodies this Sunday.But not without some help from K Street lobbyists.Organizations linked...
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OPINION: industry pushes high-deductible insurance plans
Those accustomed to obtaining health insurance through the workplace and choosing among different types of policies may be in for a rude surprise.Increasingly, employers of all sizes are eliminating...
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No joke: Clowns have lobbyists, too
Even clowns have lobbyists, as do acrobats and animal tamers.Feld Entertainment, the parent company of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, last year spent a record $335,000 on federal...
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'Consider the Source' e-book tells story of how money dominated Election 2012
People, parties and outside political players spent more money on Election 2012 than during any other — by a significant amount."Consider the Source," a new interactive e-book written by the Center for...
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'Hard Labor' wins award from White House Correspondents' Association
The Center for Public Integrity’s Hard Labor series, which revealed how corporate irresponsibility and lax regulation contribute to thousands of worker deaths, injuries and illnesses in America each...
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Sanford gets late boost from N.Y. millionaire
New York millionaire real estate developer Howard Rich, renowned for his support of conservative causes, has given a last-minute boost to the congressional campaign of former South Carolina Gov. Mark...
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