Jimmy Wales ,Wikipedia founder and Sunlight advisor, and Andrea Weckerle, attorney, communications consultant and blogger, wrote an interesting column last... View Article
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I’m a data freak. I admit it. But I love these numbers because of what they tell us about the... View Article
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Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Government (CREW) released Revolving Door, the results of their six-month investigation into... View Article
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Enamored as I am by Twitter these days, here’s a useful item, a government twitter directory. BearingPoint, the McLean, Va.,... View Article
Continue readingCREW Victory on White House Records
Yesterday, in a major victory for open government and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), a federal judge ruled against... View Article
Continue readingTARP Progress on Transparency?
Here’s some potentially encouraging news. On Wednesday, Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General of TARP, disclosed that recently-approved agreements with... View Article
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Massie Ritsch, the Center for Responsive Politics’ communication director, has declared 2009 “The Year for Open Data.” And judging by... View Article
Continue readingPresidential Library Disclosure
Maybe I’m tilting at windmills here, but I think that the fact that one of the first pieces of legislation... View Article
Continue readingFive Ideas from MySociety.org
Five ideas for better electronic government from MySociety.org Tom Steinberg, Sunlight friend and director of the UK’s MySociety.org, has some... View Article
Continue readingMitch Kapor Joins Sunlight’s Advisory Board
Sunlight is absolutely delighted to announce that Mitch Kapor has joined the Sunlight Foundation’s board of advisors. Mitch’s list of... View Article
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