He introduced two initiatives that bore his name: Lugar–Obama, which expanded the Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction concept to conventional weapons; and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, which authorized the establishment of USAspending.gov, a web search engine on federal spending.
Obama introducerade två initiativ som fick hans namn: Lugar–Obama, som utökade konceptet om samverkande hotminskning (Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction) till konventionella vapen, och Coburn–Obama Transparency Act, som gav fullmakt åt upprättandet av USAspending.gov, en webbsöktjänst om federala utgifter.