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In today's edition, the Federal Election Commission extends its online ad disclosure comments for a few more days, Tallahassee, Florida rules in favor of transparency, the U.S. sanctions Venezuela, a member of President Trump's "voter fraud" commission files suit, and more.

We've got one important reminder before you dig into today's roundup: Today is the final day to submit comments to the Federal Election Commission urging them to require disclosure for online political ads. We've been writing about the importance of disclosure for some time and think that online political ads should be at least as transparent as those on television and radio. We urge you to learn more about the proposed rule by reading the federal register notice and submit a comment to the FEC.

In today's edition, major changes may be coming for foreign lobbying rules, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross sells one of his controversial shipping investments, New York voters choose to strip pension benefits from corrupt officials, a new report from the OGP lays out ways to recover trust in government, and much more. 

In today's edition, we dig for open data use cases in the Badger State, the Menendez jury starts to deliberate, Wilbur Ross tries to navigate through controversy, mySociety collects research on the state of civic tech, and much more. 

In today's edition, President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have some explaining to do, Google, Facebook, and Twitter try to hang on to their cake, the World Bank reflects on 5 years worth of open data investment, and more.  

In today's edition, we release a new Tactical Data Engagement resource, Super PACs set ambitious spending goals for 2018, a House Committee marks up important open government legislation, the future of the Global Open Data Index is assessed, and much more. 

In today's edition, we watch representatives from major internet companies testify about Russian election interference on Capitol Hill, the fall out from Monday's indictments continues, activists improve access to California's election data, and much more. 

In today's edition, we scan the indictments from the special counsels office, set the scene as tech companies head to Capitol Hill to testify about the 2016 election, note the FEC struggling to collect on fines, highlight the benefits of connecting various sources of legal data are highlighted, and much more. 

In today's edition, the GAO looks into Trump's "voter fraud" commission, the Justice Department looks for less foreign lobbying transparency, mySociety looks back at the first year of a Belgian transparency app, we highlight events on the schedule for November, and much more.