Over the past seven years, we have both acknowledged this administration’s progress on open government and decried its failures.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: To HAVA or HAVA not, New Orleans opens up, FEC questions God
WHO DAT-A? New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu signed an executive order establishing an Open Data Policy today. You can see... View Article
Continue readingToday in Open: Using open data to combat sexual assault, Kenya signs FOIA into law, NJ goes GLOMAR
ACCOUNTABILITY: Emily Shaw on using data to track police response to sexual assault: “Maryland accident lawyer of Justice employed to... View Article
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TRANSITIONS: The transparency, accountability and accessibility a presidential candidate and his or her transition team demonstrates before, during and after... View Article
Continue readingPrinciples for transparency and accountability in the U.S. presidential transition
Here are the five principles that the Sunlight Foundation calls on the presidential campaigns to embrace before and after the election.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: SCOTUS decision leads to more joint fundraising, finding California data, truthiness
THANK YOU! On Saturday, the Sunlight Foundation teamed up with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Data Foundation, and Level Zero... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Computing the real FOIA disclosure rate, OpenGov lightning talks, Our Revolution may not be disclosed
RUN THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN? An independent assessment found that the federal agency release rate for Freedom of Information Act requests... View Article
Continue readingAgencies and advocates pitch visions for new federal open government plans
Sunlight attended a series of lightning talks focused on the next round of open government plans for executive agencies. What we heard inspired both hope and concern.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Explaining foreign influence in America, the Pentagon’s ridiculous FOIA ask, NSTIC pilots and more
[President Obama uses virtual reality goggles in the White House to look at Yellowstone National Park. Feel free to send... View Article
Continue readingThe Department of Defense should never be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act
Sunlight has opposed using the NDAA as a vehicle for weakening FOIA before, but we're now calling attention to one of the most ridiculous proposals we've seen in recent history.
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