The White House has restored a website that shows how spending authority is parceled out to federal agencies throughout the year, but Democrats say some of the information that is required to be disclosed may still be missing.
The Office of Management and Budget restored the website on Friday night to comply with a court-imposed deadline. The Trump administration had shut down the site in March, shielding from public view its decisions on so-called apportionments — directives that control the flow of appropriated funds.
The restoration of the public spending database marked a victory for Democrats and two organizations that had sued the administration over its attempt to keep the database secret: Protect Democracy and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
