Recently, OpenCongress, a joint project of The Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation announced a new and improved way... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Tennessee keeps ethics violations secret
A new trend by those in power to keep public information secret from those who are not, is slowly spreading.... View Article
Continue readingEmpowering Citizens to become better Watchdogs
Our trip to Utah last month to deliver your letters to the National Governors Association (NGA) — asking our governors... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Connecticut reveals state expenditures in new website
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group released a score card that gave Connecticut an F in spending transparency. The score... View Article
Continue readingOne year waiting period for Illinois’ FOIA “recurrent requestors”
The fourth president of the United States, James Madison once wrote: A popular Government, without popular information, or the means... View Article
Continue readingOhio’s latest law could keep controversial public records in the dark
Earlier this month, Ohio Governor John Kasich, signed into law a bill that will greatly reduce the penalties for unlawful... View Article
Continue readingTaking Open Government to its source: The National Governors Association
Several months ago, we noticed a trend in states rolling back transparency legislation. Disturbed, we put up a campaign to... View Article
Continue readingState Governors redefine open government
The National Governors Association (NGA) will be holding their 103rd annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah – July 15th... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: New Oklahoma website improves state accountability
For a while now, we have been advocating for opening up our government through the use of technology and the... View Article
Continue readingWest Virginia mine kept separate records for regulators
Last year, we wrote about the fatal Upper Big Branch mine explosion that killed 29 people in West Virginia. You... View Article
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