ELECTION DAY: As you may have heard, Americans are voting for a new President of the United States today. Here’s... View Article
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“NM, NBD, MB.”- FBI: “We have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton,”... View Article
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Here are four ways for the members of the public and government officials to use transparency and accountability to help mitigate rumors, conspiracy theories and false claims.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Celebrating TransparencyCamp, Code.gov goes live, Election 2016 hits fever pitch
CELEBRATING TRANSPARENCY: In a wonderful Storify, Louis Serino wraps a narrative around dozens of photos and social media posts about... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Trump restarts big fundraising, how to build a better FOIA, and Wichita’s open data
OPEN BAGS: Extending an item from Sunlight’s Political Party Time, Drew Doggett notes that “Trump’s national finance chairman, Steve Mnuchin,... View Article
Continue readingConnecting freedom of information to open data: How to build a better FOIA.gov
The next White House will have an extraordinary opportunity to close the gap between open data and FOIA when it deploys a new portal in 2017. Here's what will make the next FOIA.gov more effective and useful for the American people.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: U.S. political geography, update on Sunlight Labs, analyzing Super PACs and securing open data
LABS LOVE, RETURNED: Over the past six weeks, we’ve heard from people all over the United States and the globe... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: FBI’s transparency, @POTUS44, Bay of Pigs report, foreign money in US elections?
UNTRAVELED TERRITORY: As you’ve no doubt heard since we last wrote to you on Friday, FBI Director James Comey wrote... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Opacity in the transition, Capitol Cash and rigging rumors run wild
CAPITOL CASH: Using Political Party Time as a resource, Sunlight’s Drew Doggett looked at how state officials are fundraising and... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Lobbying in the transition, ODNI transparency, #PromoteOpenData, Bill Clinton Inc.
ETHICS IN TRANSITION: Citing three anonymous sources, Politico reports that the Clinton campaign has adopted the same strict rules that... View Article
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