TOP NEWS: This weekend, Sunlight Foundation staffers asked people who attended the People/TIME White House Correspondent’s Cocktail Party if they’d... View Article
Continue readingCongress requests GAO investigation into federal FOIA shortcomings
Based on troubling statistics, Congress has requested the General Accountability Office conduct a comprehensive review of the federal government's compliance with the Freedom of Information Act.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Supreme Court could loosen bribery rules for politicians
BRANDEIS WEPT: Nina Totenburg reported that the nation’s highest court may be leaning towards voiding former Virginia Gov. Bob McConnell’s... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Scandal boosts Clinton’s political career
TOP STORIES: The cast of ABC drama “Scandal” supported former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign yesterday with a $5,000/person... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: The false choice between open data criticism and collaboration
TOP STORIES: Sunlight’s executive director, John Wonderlich, returned to the blog with this response to Tom Steinberg’s critiques of the... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Battleground (state) America
TOP STORIES: The Sunlight Foundation combined our analysis of Federal Election Commission data with interviews of reporters from the Arizona... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: FOIA reform in Congress close, but not headed to POTUS yet
TOP STORIES: Sunlight’s Noel Isama identified three big themes from the 2016 What Works Cities Summit: the need for institutional... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Reddit campaign shows consequences of FEC’s super PAC loophole
TOP STORIES: Last November, Sunlight reported on a blind spot for campaign finance rules. Our piece turned out to be... View Article
Continue readingSunlight’s recommendations for the Justice Department’s next Plan for Open Government
Here are Sunlight's suggestions to make the Department of Justice more open and transparent.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: What A Wicked Web Of Campaign Finance We Weave
TOP STORY: Melissa Yeager dug into reader questions about campaign contributions, dark money and more. National “We The People” is... View Article
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