Sunlight Foundation Press Release Archive
Press Releases for August 2008
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Sunlight Foundation's New Party Time Web Site Documents Convention Party Circuit - and Beyond
WASHINGTON, DC – The count of parties and events scheduled for the Democratic and Republican National Conventions is now above 400—and counting, according to the Sunlight Foundation’s new Party Time Web site, which launched today.
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Updated Convention Party Lists from Lobbying Firm Available at Sunlight's New Party Time Web Site
WASHINGTON, DC – As part of its just launched Party Time project the Sunlight Foundation has obtained an updated list of parties and events for the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, as compiled by a top Washington lobbying firm, Quinn Gillespie & Associates.
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K Street's Favorite: Former Governor Mark Warner
In the first six months of 2008, the congressional candidate showered with the most donations from registered federal lobbyists was Virginia Senate candidate Mark Warner, an exhaustive analysis of more than 107,000 records released by the Senate Office of Public Records shows.
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August 19: Training Session: New Tools for Tracking Money-in-Politics
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics are hosting a training session for reporting on money and politics in the fall elections, beginning at 9 a.m on August 19, in Zenger Room of the National Press Club. The session will focus on new online resources for covering congressional campaigns. In 2008, there's more disclosure, more sources of data, and more tools and techniques for following the money than ever before. Whether you've written on money in politics for years or are covering your first campaign, you'll get new information on what tools are out there, how to use them, stories they can help you with, and stories you can pursue based on the data
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At least 370 Parties Scheduled for the Democratic and Republican Parties
WASHINGTON, DC – As part of its about-to-be-launched Party Time project, the Sunlight Foundation has obtained lists of 370 parties and events scheduled for the Democratic and Republican conventions, sponsored by the likes of Bank of America, the Distilled Spirits Council, Eli Lilly, AT&T, and Anheuser Busch.
