Today’s look at #OpenGov news, events, & analysis, including a heavy delivery of public records out of Atlanta… What’s the deal with federal... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: This Week in Corruption
Today’s look at #OpenGov news, events, & analysis, including more on President Trump’s potential conflicts of interest… Pay to stay.... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Tracking Trump’s Conflicts
Today’s look at #OpenGov news, events, & analysis, including follow up from yesterday’s section on leaks and some good news out... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: New year, new format, same great OpenGov news
Today in OpenGov is back after a brief hiatus to start 2017. We are experimenting with new formats to dig deeper... View Article
Continue readingThe appearance of corruption will be ubiquitous in a Trump presidency
John Wonderlich, Sunlight’s executive director, went on Democracy Now yesterday to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to ignore ethics experts... View Article
Continue readingSunlight’s comments on the proposed U.S. open source software policy
We believe that making more of the software built by or for the federal government open source will improve how the federal government works and save agencies money.
Continue readingSunlight in 2015: Looking back on the world of opengov
This past year, Sunlight made an impact opening governments large and small, engaging citizens at home and abroad. Relive the awesomeness of Sunlight in 2015.
Continue readingVoters deserve a continued commitment to a modern and open government
No matter who wins the 2016 election, they must display a commitment to an open government.
Continue readingVoters deserve more details on money in politics
The U.S. prides itself on being the greatest democracy on earth; for that to be more than a cliche, we need our leaders to tell us how they would fix our broken campaign finance system.
Continue readingAll cooled off: As Congress convenes, former colleagues will soon be calling from K Street
With the new Congress, many former members and staffers are now legal to lobby. But the law's so full of loopholes that it hasn't stopped many from entering the influence game before their "cooling off" period expires.
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