About fifteen years ago, in November 2005, Ellen Miller and I created the Sunlight Foundation in an effort to... View Article
Continue readingFarewell and Thanks from the Web Integrity Project
When Sunlight launched the Web Integrity Project (WIP) almost two years ago, we created an innovative way to hold federal... View Article
Continue readingAnnouncing Technology for Integrity, a US-Russia Exchange Program
The Sunlight Foundation is thrilled to announce the Technology For Integrity program, described below, in partnership with our colleagues from... View Article
Continue readingAn Update on Sunlight’s Review Process
Since our October update on the Sunlight Foundation’s review process, external stakeholder and board governance review, the firm we retained... View Article
Continue readingThe Web Integrity Project receives a generous boost in funding
A contribution from Mike Klein, Sunlight Foundation’s Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, enables the expansion of WIP’s work monitoring and reporting on federal website changes.
Continue readingThe transparency effect of city certification
Cities often have challenges in common. Certification encourages them to share these challenges with one another, along with how they addressed those challenges and what they’ve learned. Being transparent in this way benefits everyone.
Continue readingA voice for American democracy, today and tomorrow
This year was unlike any other, and Sunlight's work making government transparent and accountable is more important than ever.
Continue readingGlobal headwinds for political transparency online
We shouldn’t be too sanguine though, because the common sense measures that comprise the Honest Ads Act are an important bulwark for a campaign finance regulatory system that has been eroded and attacked for decades. Here are the global headwinds we’re all facing in the fight for transparent, accountable election spending.
Continue readingTechnology companies should publish political advertising files online
In the wake of the unprecedented role social media played in the 2016 election and in anticipation of misinformation campaigns to come, the need for Facebook, Google and other operators of social media platforms should be just as transparent about political ads as terrestrial broadcasters.
Continue readingTrump administration commits to participating in Open Government Partnership
The big idea behind the Open Government Partnership’s founding in 2011 was that it would provide a platform for the public to hold a national government accountable for meeting commitments that have been created in open consultation between the governed and a government of the people. When countries elect leaders like President Donald J. Trump who don’t value basic democratic norms for accountability, transparency and ethics, it poses a stern test: can a voluntary mechanism between community of democracies be used to protect and defend it?
Continue reading
59063
