We need to channel our frustration over Congress, and use our frustration to ask a more fundamental question: What would a strong, representative, effective Congress look like?
Continue readingBringing more transparency to the 114th House of Representatives
Nine ways the House of Representatives can become more transparent and accountable.
Continue readingSunlight, opengov groups call on legislatures around the globe to embrace open data
Sunlight is thrilled to celebrate Global Legislative Openness Week, calling for increased legislative transparency and parliamentary open data around the globe.
Continue readingMore Snowden Effect: Grayson amendment protects security standards from NSA
Another step has been taken to protect Americans from the NSA, one that improves information security and builds a significant barrier to the agency's ability to weaken security and encryption standards.
Continue readingRep. Lofgren explains how secrecy undermines the USA Freedom Act and democratic process
The White House and other pro-surveillance advocates are relying on opaque negotiations that occurred behind closed doors in order to scuttle meaningful surveillance reform.
Continue readingHyperlinks and hope: Data.gov five years out
Five years into the Obama administration’s experiment with Data.gov marks a good time to ask — is the experiment a success?
Continue readingDisclosure doesn’t belong in the back of a filing cabinet
Filing Cabinets via Flickr user Nick Perez Senate campaign finance documents. House disbursement information. Important regulatory filings. Time and again... View Article
Continue readingTransparency in the State of the Union 2013
In years past, we have celebrated or analyzed the transparency, ethics, and money-in-politics themes from State of the Union addresses.... View Article
Continue readingHow the Parties Flip-Flopped on the Debt Ceiling
Because of some the work we’ve done before on last minute negotiations and divided government, Sunlight prepared the following graphic... View Article
Continue readingThe Fiscal Cliff Process was an Atrocious, Secretive Mess
As we expected, the culmination of the “fiscal cliff” negotiations was a rush to the finish line, in which policies... View Article
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