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If you caught yesterday’s announcement, you may have noticed a new major focus for the Sunlight Foundation: local government transparency.... View Article
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Yesterday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman attempted to throw down the gauntlet on campaign finance disclosure regulations for New... View Article
Continue readingMontgomery County’s New Open Data Bill
This afternoon, the Montgomery County Council voted unamimously in favor Bill 23-12, the Mongtomery County Open Data Act of 2012.... View Article
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Today, in an address at Goucher College, the Comptroller of the State of Maryland, Peter Franchot, called on the governor... View Article
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Get out those calendars! We’ve got a great announcement: TransparencyCamp 2013 May 4 – 5, 2013 Washington, DC Preregister here.... View Article
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At the end of TransparencyCamp 2012, a bunch of us shared goals and projects that we would commit to do... View Article
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“Create Open NY” is the fourth item on a list of prominent issues New York Governor Andrew Cuomo highlighted as... View Article
Continue readingOpen Data Policy Guidelines
“Open Data” policies have been making their way through legislative bodies and executive orders with increasing frequency, especially since 2009.... View Article
Continue readingLobbying Reform in Delaware: One Step at a Time
Last week, the Delaware legislature sent an interesting bill to Governor Jack Merkell: SB 185, a short, targeted piece of... View Article
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