Appeals Court Upholds Order Requiring OMB to Resume Disclosure of Spending

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Congress’s power over the purse is one of the oldest and most fundamental checks on executive authority, and in Washington, three court rulings showed just how easily that power can be tested, defended, or bypassed.  Last Friday, the D.C. Circuit told the administration it could not keep a key federal spending database offline while it appealed a lower court order. On the surface Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Office of …

Appeals Court Upholds Order Requiring OMB to Resume Disclosure of Spending

A federal appeals court has refused to stay a judge’s order requiring OMB to resume online disclosure of whether and ...More The article Appeals Court Upholds Order Requiring OMB to Resume Disclosure of Spending was first published on FEDweek.