Making government & politics more accountable & transparent
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Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act would increase accountability of agencies - On Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.736, the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA). ACMRA would create a central website, run by the Government Printing Office, that would make all congressionally-mandated reports publicly available within 30 days of their submission to Congress (with exceptions for reports that touch on matters of… Read The Full Story
Our latest blog posts:
- Introducing a guide to co-design for local open data programs Aug 22, 2019 04:03 PM
- Navigating the Wild West of the Federal Web: One Cowboy’s Reflections Aug 21, 2019 10:19 AM
- Introducing the Wild West of Federal Government Websites Aug 21, 2019 08:46 AM
- Ownership, evictions, and violations: an overview of housing data use cases Aug 20, 2019 11:15 AM
- An open data maturity scale for cities to find right-sized solutions Aug 15, 2019 04:21 PM
- New InfoMod Appointment System Creates Confusion and Delay for Immigrants and Attorneys Aug 15, 2019 09:19 AM
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.
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.
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.
Our MissionThe 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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