At a recent hearing of the D.C. Council, groups discussed whether the public should have access to video from body-cameras worn by police. The meeting set a precedent for the conversations that will soon play out across the country.
Continue readingThe benefits of criminal justice data: Beyond policing
The U.S. collectively holds a massive amount of criminal justice data. If utilized effectively, these data can massively improve the way law enforcement operates across the country.
Continue readingThe benefits of data in criminal justice: Improving police-community relations
One major public benefit arising from the use of criminal justice data? Expanding transparency around law enforcement can help improve community-police relations.
Continue readingThere’s more to criminal justice data than you think: Delve into it with Sunlight’s new inventory
The nation's criminal justice data is, in many cases, unreliable and incomplete. At Sunlight, we're working to make access to the data that does exist better.
Continue readingOfficials in Ferguson have set up barriers to information about the Michael Brown case
Open records requesters are being charged hefty fees in Missouri to get their hands on records that could reveal more about how the local and state government operated during one of their most sensitive times.
Continue readingDeath by Law Enforcement: What the data tells us – and what it doesn’t
In Missouri, black people are killed by law enforcement twice as frequently as white people. Nationwide, the rate at which black people are killed by law enforcement is 3 times higher than that of white people, according to the CDC.
Continue readingRegistered lobbyists are mostly compliant – but what about the unregistered ones?
A new report has been released reviewing how well lobbyists follow disclosure rules. According to the report, registered lobbyists aren't that bad. What it misses completely, of course, is all of the non-lobbyist lobbyists out there.
Continue readingWhat foreign interests spent the most to influence the USA?
A look at what foreign interests spent the most last year to influence policy and public opinion in the USA.
Continue readingWill e-cigarettes get vaporized by the federal government?
Want to track the behind-the-scenes lobbying on e-cigarette regulations? Sunlight Foundation's Docket Wrench provides graphical and analytical tools to help.
Continue readingLocal D.C. corruption has ties to federal politicians
The man who plead guilty on Monday to violating campaign finance laws in 2010 by funneling more than $600,000 to then Washington D.C. mayoral-candidate Vincent Gray has also had questionable financial dealings on the federal level.
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