Sunlight Foundation

Press Articles & Mentions Archives

May 2006

• The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper - Editorial: Shine more light on federal spending

  Abraham Lincoln said, “Let the people know the facts and all will be safe,” so the Great Emancipator would certainly cheer an unlikely group of United States senators who have recently joined forces to push a potentially landmark measure. That measure is designed to put every American citizen within a few mouse clicks of knowing the facts needed to track federal spending as never before.

• The Examiner - Let the light shine through

  At the quiet, rather ordinary third-floor offices of the Sunlight Foundation, none of the doors are closed.

• ABC7-KGO - The Back Story: Tracking Political Money

  It's not everyday that lawmakers must choose between their constituents and their big money donors.

  But the Sunlight Foundation which tracks money in politics looks at how lawmakers voted on a bill to rescind billions in oil company incentives. The foundation also looked at the campaign contributions from oil companies.

• C-Span - Ellen Miller on C-Span's Washington Journal

  Check out this video of The Sunlight Foundation's Executive Director on C-Span's Washington Journal. She explains the Foundation, showcases this site, and takes calls.

• Associated Press - Online test of pork barrel

  There's an old Washington saying that "pork" is in the eye of the beholder: A pet project costing thousands or even millions of tax dollars is only a waste if it's in somebody else's town. A new group is putting that to the test, using the Internet to invite people to weigh in on pork-barrel politics.

• blivet 2.0 - links for 2006-05-03

  Sunlight Foundation
  enable citizens to learn more about what Congress and their elected representatives are doing, and thus help reduce corruption, ensure greater transparency and accountability by government, and foster public trust in the vital institutions of democracy

• digg - Wikipedia + Congress = Congresspedia

  Congresspedia is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sunlight Foundation and is designed to shine more light on the workings of the U.S. Congress.

• Cooked Goose - The Sunlight Foundation

  The Washington Post (4/26/06) reported on a new organization, The Sunlight Foundation that just opened.
  

• The Hollywood Liberal - Congresspedia

  Whats going on in Congress?

• SendThinker - What a great idea

  Somebody is a genious.

• janethaven.com - They Breed in Server Closets: Wikipedia’s Offspring

  I’m very happy to see the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Media and Democracy launch Congresspedia, the "citizen's encyclopedia on Congress that anyone can edit".

• Talking Points Memo - Talking Points Memo

  Some of the most exciting projects we (and I mean, TPM) and a large group of regular readers) have done over the years would never have been possible without the Internet’s distributed communication tools and the various fee-based (Nexis) and public databases (google, fec.gov) we’d never have ready access to with the Net. Add all that social networking and information together and you get a big leap forward in what you can find out and what you can do about it.

• Muckraked! - Let the Sunshine In

  Last week, the Sunlight Foundation made its much-anticipated debut.

• Delilah Boyd - Info Mashing: Good Day, Sunlight!

  Ever wondered what specious backroom deals your elected officials have been making with lobbyists, contractors, friends, and family? The Sunlight Foundation has just unveiled a plan to make such info available online, accessible to you and me.

• fred's house - insight machine: the sunlight foundation

  The Sunlight Foundation officially launched last week.

• Michael Williams -- Master of None - Congresspedia

  My brother pointed me to this nifty little endeavor: Congresspedia, the "citizen's encyclopedia on Congress".

• MotherPie - Ramble: Wh-Wh-Wh-WikiMess, Google and Congresspedia & Today's Links...

  Congresspedia - wow.

• Philosophical Theology - Being Informed

  With the imigration debate, a controversial war in Iraq, and upcoming elections in the fall, what better time to brush-up on the issues.