Via Froomkin:

Why is it taking White House officials so long to restore millions of deleted e-mails from the backup tapes they claim to have?  Read more 

Up to the eyeballs:

The Republican National Committee ran up one of the biggest tabs, reporting it paid $500,000 last month alone to the D.C. blue chip firm of Covington & Burling. Officially, the GOP offered no explanation.

No, I wouldn’t think they would.  Read more 

Sob, I’m still upset that the man behind this effort isn’t president.  Read more 

Still going through that list from robtex.com, and I got looking at this outfit called GovTechSolutions.com. First I note that they don’t appear to have updated their homepage since 1/11/07. Sheesh, even we do better than that. Then I notice that all their clients appear to be Republicans or Republican-controlled entities. Then, noting that they are bragging about having won a

a Marketing, Media & Public Information GSA Schedule (GS-23F-0134M), allowing us to contract directly with government agencies in a less cumbersome procurement process.

I contemplate listing them as a Wingnut Welfare Corporation, Webdesign Division. But then I noticed they had a page listing “Clients” and just for shits and giggles took a look. Oh my, what have we here:

U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
2006 CMF Silver Mouse Award Recipient
With the complex information that the Judiciary Committee presents, the website and content management system needed to be customized to meet their specific requirements. GovTech Solutions conducted staff interviews on the legislative process of the committee. After the creation of the architecture of the information, five templates were designed in a 1024x768 resolution for a more progressive look. The development phase by top technical resources utilized the latest technologies to ensure the success of the site. The website launched in November, 2005. GovTech Solutions continues to support the site through an Online Services Package.

That isn’t all—let’s see who else’s websites they designed back when Republicans still held Congress:  Read more 

Now I know that reporters are not responsible for headlines, copy editors are. So when I see this story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution headlined Prospective Democratic Chairs All Liberal I got a Cheney-like lip curl reflex. We may know better, but to the Great Unwashed “liberal” is still a code word for All Evil In The World. But I read the story anyway.  Read more