Bill Allison

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Name: Bill Allison

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

Veterans remember Crete

A little rain on Saturday morning was nothing to the few remaining survivors of the Battle of Crete.The 72nd anniversary commemoration of the battle was attended by two veterans now in their 90s.The battle was the first airborne invasion of World War ... [Published Taranaki Daily News - May 26 2013]

Entities: Ralph Ward, Battle of Crete, Harry Duynhoven, Bill Allison

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Apple Inc

Apple At Center Of Washington Debate Over Corporate Tax Code

By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inckept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - May 23 2013]

Entities: Apple Inc, Taxes, Microsoft Corporation, Tim Cook

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

While Keystone Provides Full Employment for Lobbyists, Canada Hedges Bets With More Pipeline Options

05/22/2013SustainableBusiness.com News As the tar sands pipeline today, Canada is looking for other avenues to push tar sands out if the US ends up saying no.The government's idea of pushing a pipeline west through Canada to the Pacific coast - the Northern ... [Published Sustainable Business - May 23 2013]

Entities: Oil Sands, Pipeline, Canada

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Lockheed Martin Corp

How Congress funnels money to single defense contractors – Philly.com – Philly.com

Bill Allison , SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:25 PM Of the roughly 1,040 Pentagon procurement programs – the $99.3 billion part of the Defense budget devoted to purchasing new equipment — some 212 of them, worth $21.4 billion, ... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Lockheed Martin Corp, Richard Blumenthal, Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation

First reported Mar 12 2013 - Updated Mar 12 2013 - 1 reports

Bill Allison: Big money, big secrets in politics

Editor?s note: This is Sunshine Week, is the annual observance of the importance of access to public information and what it means for you and your community. Sunshine Week?s national sponsors are the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Bloomberg ... [Published Canton Repository - Mar 12 2013]

Entities: Bill Allison, Donor, Miriam Adelson, Federal Election Commission, Action

First reported Mar 10 2013 - Updated Mar 11 2013 - 1 reports

BILL ALLISON: Follow all of the money, and faster

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Entities: Bill Allison

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...hard to think of any other donor going back to the [1990s] or even further who did what he did," says Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation. "he's like soy sauce in chinese food: he's everywhere." Next up for Katzenberg: hosting a fundraiser for Newark Mayor Cory Booker's 2014 Senate run. Read more

Winning Politics on the Jersey Shore [Published Yahoo! News - May 28 2013]

...2012 megadonors like Katzenberg and casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson demonstrated just how far some 1-percenters were willing to open their wallets. "there's now a whole range of opportunities for donors that didn't exist before citizens united" says Bill Allison...

Access Hollywood: How Jeffrey Katzenberg Became... [Published Mother Jones - May 28 2013]

"clearly, apple does not have a huge footprint for the tech sector. i don't mean to denigrate almost $2 million (spent on)lobbying - that's a lot of money - but it's not as much as other tech companies have been spending" said Bill Allison, editorial director for the Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit that deals with money in politics

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