Last Friday, LittleSis got a fantastic mention from veteran reporters Bill Moyers and Michael Winship on Salon.com. You know Bill Moyers from his excellent Sunday interview show, Bill Moyers Journal. The Senate Finance Committee will be voting on Sen. Max Baucus‘ health reform bill tomorrow and the healthcare lobby has been doing its job overtime …
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Press picks up on health care connections
We’ve gotten two great mentions of our health care research this week in Politico and The Huffington Post. Politico congressional reporter Manu Raju names Liz Fowler, Sen. Baucus’ current health adviser and former WellPoint lobbyist; Mark Hayes, Sen. Grassley’s health counsel who is married to a health care lobbyist; Frederick Isasi, Sen. Bingaman’s health policy …
Local news coverage on LittleSis
LittleSis got a great piece of press today in The Buffalo News. Business reporter Stephen Watson really “got” our site and explained it in a clear way to readers, too. The story references our Robert Hormats report and our health care project with the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, but also recognizes the larger context of …
LittleSis travels across the pond; health care gets graphed
LittleSis has gotten two mentions in the UK press recently. First, a BBC News article mentions the possibility that a LittleSis for the UK might get funded by mySociety, a nonprofit that promotes civic tools. They’ve put out a call for proposals about sites to develop in the UK and LittleSis is in the running. …
Beltway buzz
LittleSis for Washington insiders, in this week’s National Journal: The biggest value LittleSis offers is not so much the details it provides but the ties it highlights. “In a city like Washington that functions off of connections … having an online Rolodexing system to figure out these connections is a valuable tool,” said Scott Goodstein, …