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On International Women’s Day, we remember the life and career of Ida Tarbell, above, one of the great investigative journalists... View Article
Continue readingCelebrate open government with Sunlight during Sunshine Week 2017
Next week is Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of open government around the United States started over a decade ago... View Article
Continue readingOpening agriculture and nutrition data requires confronting power, influence and industry
U.N. forum calling on countries to adopt GODAN The 2016 Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) Summit this... View Article
Continue readingOnline search for Obama-era White House visitor logs goes offline
The Web-based interface for the Obama White House visitor logs is gone. We hope the Trump administration will see the value of online disclosure in the 21st century and commits to
Continue readingWhat we told Congress about oversight, ethics and open government
This week, the Sunlight Foundation joined a roundtable of nonprofits, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and their staff... View Article
Continue readingThe White House should publish text of Presidential actions immediately online
The White House should publish text of all Presidential actions on WhiteHouse.gov immediately upon the President's signature. Anything less invites disaster by creating the potential for disinformation and misinterpretation of legally binding directives.
Continue readingAfter MuckRock FOIA lawsuit, CIA publishes declassified documents online
“The CIA is made up of American citizens just like you. The people that I work with, we believe that we hold these records in trust for the American people. When their sensitivity attenuates over time, we feel we have a responsibility so the American people can judge them for themselves. It’s important that we put these source documents online.”- Joseph Lambert
Continue readingHouse Oversight should do oversight, not threaten the Office of Government Ethics
This week, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee, sent the Director of Office of Government Ethics... View Article
Continue readingCongress makes the role of U.S. chief technology officer permanent
On January 6, 2017, President Barack Obama quietly signed a bill that codified the role of the chief technology officer... View Article
Continue readingCabinet nominees should be held to historical ethics and transparency standards
Last week, Sunlight joined a coalition of open government advocates in a letter to Senate leadership calling on the U.S.... View Article
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