Foreign Lobbyist Watchdogs, Rejoice!

Good news, everybody! The U.S. Department of Justice has posted its near-final, revamped foreign lobbyist database online, at www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/links/search.html. While it is still "undergoing final testing," the site links "to substantial documents, such as contracts between lobbyists and foreign governments as well as advocates' reports listing contacts between them and policymakers," reports The Hill. The data is collected under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which was "passed in 1938 to register propaganda by German Nazi agents before World War II."