Need ways to make open data more tangible in your life? Here’s the second installment of our miniseries covering ways to engage with open data.
Continue reading10 things you can do to engage with open data (Part I)
Open data can be incredibly abstract and esoteric if you are looking at a bunch of numbers or spreadsheets devoid of context. Here are five concrete things you can do to engage with open data now, part one of our two part miniseries.
Continue readingElections: The final frontier of open data?
It's 2015 and elections data still doesn't conform to the standards of open data. In a new series, we'll examine what's available, where it comes from and what's next.
Continue readingSave the date: Sunshine Week Happy Hour Presenting the Foilies
Join the Sunlight Foundation, EFF and MuckRock on March 19 for a Sunshine Week Happy Hour presenting the Foilies, awards that will be given to the most extraordinary and egregious FOIA responses.
Continue readingReflections from Buntwani: Strengthening civic engagement through tech
Sunlight's Amy Ngai traveled to Nairobi, Kenya for Buntwani, a two-day conference aimed at strengthening citizen engagement through the use of technology. Here's what she learned!
Continue readingUnblight Unconference: housing advocates and civic hackers convene to tackle blight and property data
The Unblight Unconference galvanized policy makers, technologists and organizers from across the country to more deeply explore the challenges pertaining to vacant and blighted properties while exchanging ideas and developing solutions.
Continue readingTransparent about TransparencyCamp14: What we learned
Before TCamp14 becomes a distant memory, we just wanted to reflect on the whirlwind that was (is) our annual 2-day unconference on transparency, data and open government. This year’s TransparencyCamp, our 6th year, was a coming of age for our (un)conference with a chart topping number of attendees from around the United States and the world.
Continue readingBetter Know a TCamper: Scholarship edition
Introducing some of our 2014 scholarship recipients - 14 amazing people are coming from California, Virginia, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, New York and North Carolina.
Continue readingEverything you need to know about TransparencyCamp 2014!
TransparencyCamp is one week away and we are crazy excited to see you! If you are coming to TCamp, here is everything you need to know to be a savvy TCamper. Seriously. Everything.
Continue readingWhat do TransparencyCamp and National Day of Civic Hacking have in common?
With TCamp14 and National Day of Civic Hacking on the same weekend this year, we decided to coordinate and maximize the potential of the two events, essentially: open government squared.
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