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Continue readingAs FBI concludes Clinton email investigation, larger questions linger
Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email while serving as secretary of state raises serious questions about transparency and accountability Today,... View Article
Continue readingIn dark move, Congress considers rolling back transparency for meetings
No federal agencies should be exempted from the requirements of the law in a wholesale. Erasing our requirement for public meetings isn’t an option.
Continue readingCongress should mandate tax return disclosure for presidential candidates
Presidential candidates and sitting presidents should be required by law to publicly disclose their tax returns.
Continue readingThe false choice between criticism and collaboration
Tom Steinberg recently critiqued the open data movement, suggesting that advocacy is too incremental, political leaders are duplicitous and many basic problems have yet to be addressed. Here's our response.
Continue readingSunlight in Argentina
We are excited to announce that Sunlight is starting work with our friends and allies toward a shared vision of a more open and inclusive society in Argentina.
Continue readingLooking back on PDF Poland 2015
Sunlight Policy Director John Wonderlich recently attended Personal Democracy Forum Poland-Central Eastern Europe in Warsaw. The event highlighted the reform work being done to support accountability in the region, which is both crucial and truly inspiring.
Continue reading5 questions about Hillary Clinton’s secret email
Hillary Clinton's use of personal email while serving as secretary of state raises serious questions about transparency and accountability.
Continue readingAfter Sunlight FOIA, comprehensive data indexes arrive on Data.gov
Sunlight has already identified indicators of varying levels of success in indexing government information, some datasets that appear to be wisely withheld and datasets that could be of significant public value if released.
Continue readingA big win for open government: Sunlight gets U.S. to release indexes of federal data
For the first time, the United States government has agreed to release what we believe to be the largest index of government data in the world.
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