TRANSPARENCY AT CENTER STAGE: Both major party presidential nominees are being criticized across the political spectrum for failing to be... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Untangling foreign influence, new lows for campaign transparency
INFLUENCE: A new tranche of emails obtained by Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act suggest special access to Secretary... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Mistrust in voting, campaign exits, malware snakepits, premature declarations of secrecy’s death
CATALYZE THIS: A “new wave of open data based apps and tech could help increase voter participation and encourage greater... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Making agency open government plans open, data points, influencing Congress
OPEN UP: The U.S. Department of State published a draft of its next plan for open government for public review.... View Article
Continue readingState Department requests feedback on draft 2016 Open Government Plan
Some federal agencies are already moving to post drafts of their plans for public discussion in advance of the Sept. 15 deadline to post their next Open Government Plan online, including the Social Security Administration and the Department of State.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Data-driven justice, revamping procurement guidelines, foreign lobbying, civic bots and more
ANALYZE THIS: Sunlight’s Emily Shaw dug into the investigation of the Baltimore City Police Department by the Department of Justice... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Asking Google how to vote, DNC hacks, investigating corruption and more
HOW DO I VOTE? Google matched public electoral data to public interest with a new state-by-state guide that provides relevant... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: The big picture for Open Data Policies Decoded, opening text, FOIA feedback for DoJ, summer reading
OPEN TEXT: According to Stephen Larrick, the definition of open data as “non-narrative” in New York Local Law 11 that... View Article
Continue readingDepartment of Justice seeks public feedback on proposed Freedom of Information Act policy
As the Justice Department proposes reforms to FOIA, they need your help to figure out what changes should happen.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: State campaign finance laws weaken, textual transparency, new DoJ data collection
WEAK TEA: An investigation by the Sunlight Foundation “found that 12 states modified their campaign finance limits: Six in ways... View Article
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