As most of you know I have a long history in the campaign finance field as a founder of two... View Article
Continue readingTransparency Reforms on List of President’s Priorities
Copies of the SOTU speech are now circulating and there are several things in it that Sunlight is extremely happy... View Article
Continue readingHow the Citizens United Case Affects Money & Politics and Transparency As We Know it
The ramifications of today’s Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC are breathtaking – opening the floodgates of political... View Article
Continue readingThe Irony and the Solution of Lobbying Disclosures
If you read Monday’s New York Times story about how many lobbyists are de-registering in the face of new filing... View Article
Continue readingLegislative Safety Valve: Health Care Online for 72 Hours
Now it’s getting down to the wire and debate over the health care bill not only extends to what’s in... View Article
Continue readingState Government Online
There was a terrific op ed in the Maryland section of the Washington Post this weekend by two locally based... View Article
Continue readingIt Was A Very Good Year
Sunlight hasn’t been around nearly as long as that song — it was first recorded in 1961 and we opened... View Article
Continue readingA Watershed Moment in Transparency and Accountability
I was out of town earlier this week when the Open Government was released and so I am just now... View Article
Continue readingWhat Data Do You Want? How Would You Use It?
Based on the Open Government Directive issued by the White House yesterday, American Public Media is asking its National Public... View Article
Continue readingWhat Gov2.0 Means to Sunlight
Here’s Sunlight answer to the challenge from the folks at Gov2.0 Summit to create a video about what it means... View Article
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