In today's edition, Washington considers bringing pork back into its diet, President Trump opens up on immigration, the USDA looks into a controversial data change, controversial surveillance legislation gets a vote, and much more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Oppressive
In today's edition, President Trump picks up a dubious honor, outside money starts to flow into the midterm elections, Little Rock explores open data, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Challenging times
In today's edition, we consider potential challenges to open government from emerging technology, the Virginia General Assembly takes a long awaited step towards transparency, the Kushners get closer to Israeli investors, French President Macron's fake news take is debated, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Cease and desist
In today's edition, we explore how the Trump administration has changed online access to public information in its first year, the FCC finalizes its net neutrality repeal, the DC Open Government Coalition calls out some questionable FOIA denials, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Saying goodbye to a flawed fraud commission
In today's edition, President Trump disbands his "voter fraud" commission, we think that members of Congress should disclose their bitcoin holdings, France considers a law to fight fake news, and much more.
Continue readingCongressional ethics disclosures should include cryptocurrencies like bitcoin
It's incumbent on Congress to respond to a novel technological development and make it clear to all of its members that asset disclosure now includes cryptocurrencies.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Taxable income
In today's edition, we share some more stories from a busy holiday break as well as all of yesterday's news. Highlights include a look at who will benefit most in Washington from tax reform, continued fallout over sexual harassment secrecy in Congress, bad news for Vladimir Putin's most significant political challenger, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Resolutions
Happy new year! Welcome to 2018's first edition of the Today in OpenGov! While this newsletter took a much-needed break, Sunlight stayed busy in December. Thank you for all of your donations and support as the year came to a close. Today, we'll update you on the important (and fun) stories from our staff and contributors that you may have missed. We'll also round up some of the top open government stories from the holiday season. Without further ado, Today in OpenGov...
Continue readingFederal judge says it is the role of Congress to address Trump’s emolumental issues
A federal judge has dismissed a foreign emoluments lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, which alleged Constitutional violations through his businesses. The judge said the plaintiffs lacked standing, and that this should be resolved by Congress. We hope to see more oversight and accountability in DC in the New Year.
Continue readingNew York State’s 2018 democracy agenda will include more sunshine for online advertising
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new "democracy agenda to protect election integrity, including a first-in-the-nation state law to require disclosures and disclaimers for online political ads. The legislative proposal, which is modeled upon the Honest Ads Act that Sunlight helped draft in Congress, would similarly expand the state's definition of political communication (electioneering) to include paid digital and Internet advertising, require platforms to maintain a public file of paid political ads, and make reasonable efforts to prevent foreign actors from buying ads.
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