| Date | Summary |
May 1999 |
Michael Palmedo and Shawn McCarthy's
notes on efforts to obtain copies of federal contracts.
|
| January 6, 2000 |
Ralph Nader and James Love, letter to President Clinton asking that he put
US government contracts on the Internet. |
| February 8, 2000 |
President Clinton's Reply. |
| February, 2000 |
James Love contacted the office of John Spotila,
Administrator of OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), asking for a meeting on the request for an executive order
dealing with putting federal contracts on the Internet. The call as
prompted by President Clinton's Feb 8, 2000 letter, where he indicated
that OIRA would undertake a review of this request. CPT faxed a copy of
the President's letter to John Spotila's office. |
| June 6, 2000 |
Vergil Bushnell of CPT talked to Amy Squires, special
assitant to the Administrator, OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA). Vergil asked about the status our earlier request to
meet with OIRA Administator John Spotila. Amy Squires told Vergil that
OIRA had not yet received any communication from the President on this
issue. Ms. Squires did acknowledge that OIRA was aware that we had
contacted OIRA earlier about the President's February 8 letter. |
| June 6, 2000 |
James Love, follow-up letter to President Clinton. |
| June 15, 2000 |
Vergil Bushnell talked to Amy Squires, special assistant to the Administrator, OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to follow up on CPT's eariler requests. Ms. Squires informed Vergil that OIRA Administrator John Spotilla had received a copy of CPT's June 6, 2000 letter to President Clinton. Vergil invited Mr. Spotilla to the July meeting of the Washington, D.C. E-commerce Roundtable to speak on OIRA's work on e-commerce, and the placing of government contracts on the Internet. |
| June 15, 2000 |
Vergil Bushnell, Email to John Spotilla, OIRA Administrator, inviting him to speak at the July E-commerce Roundtable on OIRA's work on e-commerce and the placing of government contracts on the Internet. |
| Setember 10, 2001 |
Ralph Nader and James Love
letter to Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., OMB Director.
|
| November 1, 2001 |
Mark Tapscott, from the Heritage Foundation, column,
Let the Internet shine on government spending, mentions
government contracts on Internet.
|
| November 26, 2001 |
Mitchel E. Daniels, Jr., OMB Director
reply to September 10, 2001 letter.
|
| December 11, 2001 |
Ralph Nader and James Love
letter to Mitchel E. Daniels, Jr., OMB Director, suggesting
mechanisms to solve redacting issues.
|
| December 13, 2001 |
Mark Tapscott, from the Heritage Foundation, column,
Bush project could end closed-door government, mentions
government contracts on the Internet as accountability issue.
|
| April, 8, 2002 |
Ralph Nader and James Love meeting with Mitchell Daniels, Jr, OMB
Director, Angela Styles, OMB's Administrator for
Federal Procurement Policy, and Norman Lorentz, OMB Chief
Technology Officer.
|
| May 17, 2002 |
Letter from CPTech, Heritage Foundation, CFA, American Federation
of Scientists, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press,
Iowa Freedom of Information Council,
Freedom of Information Center at Missouri School of Journalism,
Consumer Action, Essential Action, and reporters and academics
asking to OMB Director Mitchell Daniels, Jr. to continue progress
on
getting federal contracts on Internet for public inspection.
|
| May 17, 2002 |
Maureen Sirhan, writting in Techdaily,
Groups Push For Online Access To Details On Federal Contracts
|
| June 6, 2003 |
Federal Register Notice,
Posting Awarded Contracts on the Worldwide Web
|
| August 5, 2003 |
CPTech letter to GSA regarding contracts online
|
| September 4, 2003 |
Ralph Nader and James Love
wrote Josh Bolten, the new OMB Director,
asking for a meeting to discuss
progress on the request to put US government contracts online.
|
| January 27, 2004 |
Ralph Nader and James Love met with the GSA.
|