New media directors and web managers in agencies across the federal government got an additional responsibility earlier this week. Part... View Article
Continue readingWhite House Publishes Open Government Directive
The White House has just released the Open Government Directive. In a livestreamed chat, blogpost, and document online, the White... View Article
Continue readingWhite House to Announce Open Government Directive
from the White House (via email) THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2009... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Creates Database of Members’ Expenditures
We’ve put up a new database. On Monday, the House published their Statements of Disbursements online for the first time,... View Article
Continue readingHouse Expenditures to go Online
The US House is expected today to release the quarterly Statement of Disbursements online for the first time. Sunlight has... View Article
Continue reading72 Hours is Now, Again
The Senate’s version of the health care bill was published on Wednesday, along with its CBO score. Since the first... View Article
Continue readingPelosi Addresses e-Parliament Conference
Speaker Pelosi yesterday spoke on a panel to kick off the World eParliament Conference 2009, in the US House of... View Article
Continue reading72 Hours is Now
September 24th, Speaker Pelosi said that the healthcare bill would be online for 72 hours. That 72 hours is now. ... View Article
Continue readingFederal Register XML Release
According to the Washington Post and BoingBoing, the Government Printing Office will today release, for the first time, the XML... View Article
Continue readingPlain Language Panacea?
Are bills impossible to read? Ezra Klein today suggests as much, praising the Senate Finance Committee’s posting of the healthcare... View Article
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