Stephanie Vance's blog features tips for increasing involvement and success in advocacy. Entries also include links to other advocacy and nonprofit resources to reach government relations goals. Updated regularly.

The Center for Responsive Politics publishes its newsletters on this page. The Capital Eye includes articles which look into the role of money in politics. Previous stories have focused heavily on the intersection of legislation and campaign support, including a prediction of the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament based on the amount each school in the Sweet Sixteen spent on lobbying, a look into the health care industry and how its lobbyists may have potential influence on the future of health care legislation. They also report on the “revolving door” of K St. professionals and Capitol Hill staffers frequently. The Capital Eye is daily, with the main blog updated frequently as well.

Common Cause, a watchdog group, covers many different aspects of money’s involvement in politics, including lobbying. There is also a section specifically on ethics, yet no entries have been tagged with this subject since October 2008. The main blog site, however, is updated daily.

The political law team at Holtzman Vogel highlights news that impact campaign finance and lobbying at the federal and state levels. Updated daily.

Daily posts show links to stories on social media and web 2.0 aspects of corporate and association government relations, while other posts focus on topical issues related to lobbying and advocacy and their link to web 2.0 tools. Contributors range from Alan Rosenblatt of the Center for American Progress Action Fund to Rob Bluey at the Heritage Foundation, discussing the impact of social media on the public policy process.

Written by the staff of law firm Perkins Coie, this blog focuses on the current ethics that have arisen in the lobbying world, and the impact of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act on a lobbyist’s job. This site requires free registration to read full articles. 

Launched by National Journal in December 2009, this blog is a forum for law, lobbying, and election experts and researchers to debate the current issues of the day. Usually takes the form of a National Journal question, followed by responses by the expert panel

Hosted by the Alliance for Justice, this blog focuses on issues in the nonprofit world. Many of the entries are comprised of links to stories on lobbying, but some entries also focus on a question related to nonprofit and foundation lobbying. Updated daily.

NPAction's blog focuses on news related to advocacy at nonprofits. Some entries focus on general advocacy issues, while others focus on voting, information on training sessions, and communications. Updated several times a month.

Eric Brown, a political activity law practitioner, focuses on the topics of lobbying, election law and campaign activities. Blog entries discuss news on lobbying regulations and campaign finance issues at the federal and state levels. Regularly links to articles of interest. Updated daily.

The political law team at Womble Carlyle posts updates on lobbying and other aspects of political law - including the FEC and "pay-to-play" laws at the state level - frequently.

Public Affairs Council’s Doug Pinkham blogs on public affairs ethics, laws and strategies. Past posts have included thoughts on transparency, corporate social responsibility, the revolving door, grassroots ethics, and more. Usually updated about once a week.

Although the Sarbanes-Oxley Act does not relate directly to lobbying, many of the entries on this blog discuss ethics and lobbying as they relate to the corporate world. Because corporate compliance is not only a necessity for Sarbanes-Oxley, but is also now one for HLOGA, expect future entries to focus on the latter law’s influence. Updated several times a day.

National Journal's reporters on the lobbying beat launched Under the Influence in October 2008 to provide daily news on the industry. The blog focuses on the financials of the lobbying industry, specific lobbying campaigns, and highlights news which may impact the community.

The conservative National Review allows frequent contributors to post on all kinds of topics. Typically focuses on U.S. national politics, although occasionally there are posts on international politics, pop culture, or other items of interest to the contributors.

The front page of the liberal DailyKos is centered more on elections, news, and the Democratic Party. However, this tag contains news related to lobbying, although the writers are quite critical of lobbying’s role in the political process. The blog is updated sporadically.

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, looks at all types of policy and makes its opinions and criticisms known. Their blog is updated daily, with links to analysis and news articles. Earmarks and “pork spending” are typically big topics.

The liberal Huffington Post publishes opinion pieces as its blog. This feed covers all aspect of government and public policy.

Amy Ridenour of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, discusses a broad range of legislative issues, some of it focusing on lobbying and earmarks. Updated frequently.

The CLC’s blog focuses on lobbying and ethics reform as well as issues related to campaign finance. Updated fairly infrequently.

CREW focuses on promoting ethical behavior for government officials and the private sector individuals who deal with them. The blog looks at ethics, earmarks, and the politics behind lobbying. Updated several times a day.

Public Citizen’s blog discusses the role of money in politics. Although many of the blogs revolve around the role of money in elections, there are also several entries pertaining to lobbying and ethics. Updated daily.

The OMB Watch, a nonprofit organization dedicated to government transparency, tracks open government and transparency initiatives throughout the federal government. Their blog, The Fine Print, contains research and links to transparency-related articles of interest.

LegiStorm, an organization working to make Congress more transparent, launched a blog in April 2008 to provide more information on congressional staff salaries and trips taken by staffers and Members. The blog is typically updated several times per week.

The Project on Government Oversight works to expose corruption and ethics violations in all different branches of government. This portion of the blog is lobbying-related, and is updated as appropriate.

The Sunlight Foundation's mission is to increase transparency in government, by examining influence in Washington. Members of the staff write on lobbying regulations, campaign finance and general transparency issues in the political process. Updated several times daily.

Rick Hasen, an expert on campaign finance law, links to various news articles and developments in election law and campaign finance regulations, sometimes with commentary included. Some entries analyze decisions made by the Supreme Court and federal courts on campaign finance issues. Updated several times daily.

From Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s Supreme Court practice, SCOTUS Blog is the place to track any Supreme Court-related news, decisions, and filings. Updated several times daily.

Written by members of the Ohio-based think tank Forum of Education and Democracy, a large focus of the blog is No Child Left Behind and its policy implications. Updated infrequently.

The National School Board Association’s blog links to and discusses the results of various education studies and results. There are also analyses on education policies throughout the country. Updated daily.

Written by several contributors, Education Policy Blog looks at studies and forms opinions on issues related to education. While there is some focus on lobbying and policy, most of the focus is on social issues relating to education. Updated daily.

Andrew Rotherham of Education Sector, an education think tank, writes about everything related to education, with an emphasis on charter schools and curricula at the K-12 level. Updated daily.

Group blog that has many of its entries focused on alternative energy sources. Updated several times a week.

Carter Wood of the National Association of Manufacturers covers everything from health care policy to unions on the association’s blog. Updated several times a day.

A relatively new addition to the policy blogosphere, the staff of WIPP cover issues affecting women and business, such as health care, labor, and taxes. Updated several times a week.