The open government movement (like most of the online world) is obsessed with “unconferences” — meet-ups, of sorts, where the... View Article
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Last week, we challenged those of you who support open government and who live remotely in the DC area to... View Article
Continue readingStatelight, Transparency in a Box: Pt. 4(a)
This is a continuation of Statelight, our series on advocating for open government change on a local level. Depending on... View Article
Continue readingSuper PAC Sleuths: The Addresses Behind the Ads
The 2010 elections might be over, but the job of finding out who spent what for which candidate is just... View Article
Continue readingSunlight’s Election Watch Party: Come by Tonight to Drink In Democracy
The time has come, friends: The midterm elections are upon us. Hopefully by now you’ve hit the voting booth (or... View Article
Continue readingOperation Transbearency: Coming to a Rally for Sanity Near You
This week, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart is filming on location in Washington, DC in anticipation of Stewart (and... View Article
Continue readingIntroducing Operation Transbearency: Follow the Honey
If you follow Sunlight in any capacity, you may have noticed a seemingly innocuous typo slip into our writing of... View Article
Continue readingMine Safety and the Story of Openness
The challenge in working for government transparency is that you are always working against its opposite: opacity. What we don’t... View Article
Continue readingCrowdsourcing Your Way to a More Open Election
Crowdsourcing makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Think about it: tapping into the ingenuity of your peers to... View Article
Continue readingStatelight: Transparency in a Box, Pt. 3
As we set the stage for advocating on local and state transparency issues and highlight some policies issues of note,... View Article
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