Sunlight Foundation Projects
Current Projects
- FARAdb
A proof of concept site based on Foreign Agent Registration Act data. - Party Time!
From the early hours of the morning until late in the evening, politicians are partying. Sunlight's Party Time can help you find out who is partying, where and when. - Pass S.223
Help us pass this bill to require Senate campaigns to file their campaign finance reports electronically. - PoliQuiz
Test Your Political IQ with our interactive political trivia game. - Capitol Words
Fresh from the Congressional Record to Your Screen - Fortune 535
Running the Numbers on Congressional Wealth - PublicMarkup.org
An Experiment to Open Bills to Online, Public Review - Where Are They Now?
Former Congressional Staffers head through the Revolving Door on to K Street - Punch Clock Map
Putting Congressional Transparency on the Map - Earmark Watch
Bringing Citizen Oversight to Congressional Spending - Wiki the Vote
Giving Constituents the Ability to Report on Candidates Running for the House and Senate
Ongoing Projects
- Real Time Investigations
Follow along as Bill and Anu Detail their Investigative Reporting Adventures - LOUIS
the Beginning of a Comprehensive, Completely Indexed and Cross-Referenced Depository of Federal Documents - The Open House Project
Working to Identify Areas where Congress Can Open Up and Improve Access to Relevant and Timely Information - OpenCongress
Bringing Together Official Government Information with News and Blog Coverage to Give You the Real Story Behind What's Happening in Congress
Past Projects
- Let Our Congress Tweet
Congress should join us where we are talking, sharing and networking-online. - Visualizing Earmarks
Select Visualizations of 2005 OMB Earmark Data - Mashup Congress and Win:
And the Winner is... Unfluence! We received more than a dozen entries to Sunlight's first Web 2.0 Mashup Contest - Congressional Web Site Investigation
Employing Citizen Oversight to Find Out if We are Getting our Money’s Worth from Congressional Web Sites
Recent Sunlight Foundation Projects
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Transparency Timeline
A History of Congressional Public Access Reform. -
Capitol Words
Taking Congress at its Word. -
2009 Tariff Suspensions
See Who’s Seeking Tax Breaks on Imports from Congress -
Transparency Jobs
Bringing Transparency to Government, One Job at a Time -
Capitol Tweets
Keep up on the latest tweets from members of Congress who use Twitter. -
The Open Senate Project
A bipartisan, collaborative initiative to study the Senate's current information-sharing practices -
FARAdb
A proof of concept site based on Foreign Agent Registration Act data -
Read The Bill First
Sign the petition! Demand they take at least 72 hours to read the bailout bill! -
Pass S.223
We need your help to pass S.223. -
Party Time!
Documenting the Political Partying Circuit. -
Public Markup
An experiment to open bills to online, public review. -
EarmarkWatch
Bringing Citizen Oversight to Congressional Spending. -
Visualizing Earmarks
Select Visualizations of 2005 OMB Earmark Data. -
Where Are They Now?
Former Congressional Staffers head through the Revolving Door
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