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Open Government
Justice Department Wins Rosemary Award for Worst Open Government Performance in 2011
The National Security Archive
Electronic Government Fund Would Grow Slightly Under President's Plan
Daniel Schuman, Sunlight Foundation
Pentagon Basic Research Said to Need "More Transparency"
Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
Financial Oversight
Big Banks Press Financial Agencies on Volker Rule
Nancy Watzman, Sunlight Foundation
CFTC May Move Enforcement Staff to Dodd-Frank Oversight Roles
Silla Brush, Bloomberg
Occupy the SEC Weighs In on the Volcker Rule
Karen Weise, Businessweek
Lobbying
Lobbyists Sue Obama Administration After Being Booted from Boards
Rachel Leven and Kevin Bogardus, The Hill
Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Truckers: Warheads on 18 Wheels
Adam Weinstein, Mother Jones
National Security
Pentagon Discloses Military Intelligence Budget Request
Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
Italy Scales Back its F-35 Order
Philip Ewing, DoD Buzz
FY2012 Defense Appropriations and More from CRS
Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News
Public Health
Hip Implants U.S. Rejected Sold Overseas
Barry Meier, The New York Times
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