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Continue readingMesa embraces open data with new portal and policy
As a part of its participation in the What Works Cities initiative, Mesa, Ariz., has made major progress toward establishing a comprehensive and sustainable open data program over the past several months.
Continue readingDozens of groups lobby heavily on criminal justice reform bill
A major sentencing reform bill has drawn major attention — 28 groups have lined up to lobby on both sides of the legislation.
Continue readingCommerce Department launches new suite of open data tutorials
The Commerce Department launched the Commerce Data Usability Project, providing tutorials on the necessary “context and code” to truly engage with data released by the Commerce Department
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: The next chapter of open data
We are on the cusp of transforming our communities through unlocking the power of open data. Here are the next steps we need to take to get there.
Continue readingUsing open data to stimulate new methods of human rights monitoring
Open data has been used in nontraditional ways to monitor human rights violations, to engage the public in the topic and even to stop human rights violations as they are happening.
Continue readingTed Cruz and Marco Rubio take feud to the airwaves
One of Ted Cruz's many, many super PACs, Stand ForTruth, had the "truthfulness" of its ads questioned by Marco Rubio's campaign, igniting a feud that's still ongoing.
Continue readingHelp us track which Democratic superdelegates are lobbyists
There are 712 “superdelegates” that will play a role in deciding the Democratic nominee for president. Help us figure out which ones are engaged in lobbying — registered or otherwise.
Continue readingIs Donald Trump really self-funding his presidential campaign?
When we previously dissected Donald Trump’s claim of self-funding his campaign last November, it wasn't exactly true. But after examining the latest fundraising numbers, his assertion now holds a bit more weight.
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