Sunlight Foundation Press Release Archive
Press Releases for September 2007
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New Online Tool Brings Transparency to Earmarks
WASHINGTON, DC - EarmarkWatch.org, a new project from the Sunlight Foundation and Taxpayers for Common Sense, lets citizens determine if earmarks - the measures inserted by members of Congress into the various appropriations bills that direct funds to a specific project or recipient - address pressing needs, favor political contributors or are simply pure pork.
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Google Grant Offers Sunlight Free Web Advertising
The Sunlight Foundation has been awarded a Google Grant in the way of free Google AdWords worth $10,000 a month to support its efforts to reach Internet users searching for information about Congress.
