Six years after the Sunlight Foundation delivered an open government scorecard, we were honored to speak at the first White House Open Data Summit in Washington this week.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Trade transparency, White House Open Data Summit, NYC Council in alpha and more
LEARNINGS: The Center for Open Data Enterprise released the results of its open data roundtables over the past year in... View Article
Continue readingCongressmen hail importance of open government data
On Tuesday evening, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, industry players and open data advocates gave a series of short talks at a reception prior to the Data Transparency Summit in Washington, D.C.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Tuning into the presidential debates, Googling the vote out, responsible data & more
REGISTER THIS: Vote.gov was the #1 federal website all weekend long after Facebook prompted its users to visit and register... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: What’s next for Labs, Facebook nudges the vote, TransparencyCamp is ON, and much more
TRANSITIONS: Though our path remains uncertain, the staff at Sunlight are dedicated to continuing on our mission of making governments... View Article
Continue readingFacebook prompts U.S. users to register to vote — transparency should follow
When millions of people opened Facebook this morning, they found one of the most important prompts it has ever sent to its users: a link to register to vote or share that you have already done so.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: A word from Sunlight’s chairman of the board and co-founder
TRANSITIONS: Mike Klein, Sunlight’s co-founder and chairman of the board, shared a statement about our organization today on our blog.... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Pardons, government sabbaticals, trust in government, corruption abroad, Bridgegate and more
A FIRST: As we noted in our audit last Friday, half of cabinet agencies had not uploaded a 2016 open... View Article
Continue readingHalf of U.S. Cabinet agencies fail to comply with Open Government Directive
President Obama’s Open Government Directive needs to wrangle agencies lagging behind. (Photo credit: Office of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow/Flickr) 2,473... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Open data and rape reports, new political ad site, White House OMB releases open gov plan
AD ON: Libby Watson wrote about the new and improved Political TV Ad Archive website, which enables public citizens to... View Article
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