When Sunlight launched the Web Integrity Project (WIP) almost two years ago, we created an innovative way to hold federal... View Article
Continue readingFarewell and Thanks from the Web Integrity Project
The Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act would help the public stay informed about how their tax dollars are spent
The Sunlight Foundation is supporting a piece of bipartisan legislation that will help make the federal government’s spending choices a... View Article
Continue readingRecent SAMHSA website overhaul likely left users confused, frustrated, and irritated
Confusion, frustration, and irritation could be avoided by adopting four key principles when updating government websites. The “Grantee Stories, Tools,... View Article
Continue readingIntroducing the Wild West of Federal Government Websites
The diffuse and disorganized nature of the federal government web allows broken links and outdated content to abound, while doing... View Article
Continue readingThink that Minute Details on Federal Government Websites Don’t Matter? Think Again.
Did loose grammar on a Federal Trade Commission webpage raise and then dash the hopes of millions? In 2016, the... View Article
Continue readingAccess to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act would increase accountability of agencies
On Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.736, the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA). ACMRA would... View Article
Continue readingState Department Removed from Its Website Authoritative Refugee Factsheets Cited in Court Filings
The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program FAQ factsheets were regular and widely-cited publications with origins that date back to the Bush... View Article
Continue readingOffice of Refugee Resettlement Website Alterations Foreshadowed Changes in Policies Toward Unaccompanied Children
Changes made to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) website before May 23, 2019, foreshadowed policy changes relating to unaccompanied... View Article
Continue readingRemoval of ICE Speeches Collection Demonstrates Weaknesses in Federal Agencies’ Archiving Practices
An Internet Archive Wayback Machine capture of the “Speeches and Testimonies” page from late in the evening of January 19,... View Article
Continue readingA new way to track Web censorship under Trump: Gov404
The Web Integrity Project is launching Gov404, a tracker that aggregates and verifies the most significant cases of information removals from federal websites.
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