PBS’ MediaShift has an interesting post by Mark Drapeau where he makes a compelling argument for how government could and... View Article
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Last month, the Federal Election Commission invited the public to participate in a January 14th hearing on how the agency... View Article
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Jon Henke , one of the founding editors at The Next Right, wrote an interesting post comparing the bribes Illinois... View Article
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John Wonderlich, Sunlight’s program director, writing at the Open House Project Google Group, tipped me off to an encouraging development.... View Article
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Maybe we should all spend more time reading the Inspector General reports, which are (required to be) posted on line.... View Article
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Our friends at GovTrack, a Sunlight Foundation grantee, are into their fifth year of keeping tabs on Congress. Josh Tauberer... View Article
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Yesterday, the Federal Election Commission unanimously approved new disclosure rules regarding bundling, the practice of collecting campaign contributions from friends,... View Article
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Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and Sunlight board member, has written a thoughtful piece on service and volunteerism for The... View Article
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SubsidyScope, a new project by Economic Policy Department of The Pew Charitable Trusts, launches today. The purpose of SubsidyScope is... View Article
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In light of the unfolding scandal involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, USA Today ranks the states on their level of... View Article
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