Sunlight Foundation

Making government & politics more accountable & transparent

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New report analyzes how the administration is undermining the Affordable Care Act using web censorship- The federal government considers public federal agency websites to be the primary way the public learns about government functions, benefits, and rules. Agencies are thus expected to maintain their websites to provide the public with accurate, objective, and non-partisan information about their programs, such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). But when the administration that… Read The Full Story

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Today in OpenGov: Demotional materials. Jun 19, 2019 08:58 AM
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Exchanging open data strategies with civil society groups in Nepal Jun 17, 2019 10:47 AM
Today in OpenGov: The Untouchables? Jun 17, 2019 08:38 AM
Today in OpenGov: Shell games. Jun 14, 2019 07:09 AM

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Projects

Web Integrity Project

We monitor changes to government websites — revealing shifts in public information and access to Web resources, as well as changes in stated policies and priorities.

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Open Cities

We make municipal governments across the country more transparent, accountable, and participatory. Specifically, we provide assistance with community-centered open data and open contracting.

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Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC

Tracking Trump’s Conflicts of Interest

We track President Trump’s known business dealings and personal interests that may conflict with his public duties as President.

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Our Mission

The Sunlight Foundation is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses the tools of civic tech, open data, policy analysis, and journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all. Our vision is for modern technology to enable more complete, equitable and effective democratic participation. Our overarching goal is to achieve changes in the law to require real-time, online transparency for government information.

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