We decided to replace our regular, old photo booth with something far better: jifbox, a browser-based GIF photo booth!
Continue readingPresident Obama is not on GitHub
While President Obama may have written his first line of code, he doesn't have a GitHub account. We need to clear up some confusion over the PresidentObama account we made.
Continue readingWe’ve updated Congress for iPhone with <3's for OpenCongress
We've updated Congress for iPhone! It now supports OpenCongress legislator email addresses, iOS 8 and has new features for you to check out. As always, it remains free to download on the App Store!
Continue readingHow we built notifications in Congress for iOS
We recently launched a new version of [Congress for iOS](http://cngr.es/ios) with push notifications for the legislators and bills you follow. Find out how we built the service.
Continue readingIf Sunlight Foundation Then That
Sunlight Foundation + IFTTT lets you connect the services and devices you use to the actions of the government.
Continue readingThe Great Montgomery Hackathon
About 25 programmers, civic activists and students spent last weekend holed up in a Montgomery County community center, working on projects for the public good.
Continue readingMontgomery County’s Open Data Town Hall, the Town Hall of the Future
On Thursday November 21st, Montgomery County, Maryland hosted an Open Data Town Hall to solicit feedback from citizens about what data they would like to see prioritized for release online under Montgomery County’s open data law.
Continue readingAccessibility in Congress for iOS
The lengths we go through to make Congress for iOS accessible may surprise you.
Continue readingNational Day of Civic Hacking 2013
This past weekend, over 11,000 individuals connected under the helm of the National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH) -- a series of local #HackForChange hackathons, unconferences, and meeting of the minds that engaged local communities with open data, code, and tech.
From what we can tell, the NDoCH events were magnetic, drawing together participation from local (and traveling) developers, government officials (including a few mayors!), community leaders, and even 21 federal agencies. The vibe of this national organization not only encouraged a sort of: "If you can't hack with the city you reside in, hack with the one you're physically located in," but also further encouraged cross-pollination of civic applications from community to community (For more highlights from the national scene, check out this Storify feed.) Although Sunlight wasn’t able to attend every one of the 95 events held this past weekend, the events we did attend taught us quite a bit. Below, we’ve rounded up our reflections, recaps, and geeky highlights from the festivities in Baltimore, DC, Montgomery County, North Carolina, and Western Massachusetts. Continue readingIntroducing Sunlight’s Transparency Drone
After years of waiting for the technology and regulations to catch up to our goals, we’re finally able to unveil our latest project: Transparency Drone.
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