Much of the data that school districts release is scattered and unorganized, making it difficult to access and use.
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Protecting privacy and encouraging openness is a balancing act, especially when it comes to voter data.
Continue readingToday in Open: Using open data to combat sexual assault, Kenya signs FOIA into law, NJ goes GLOMAR
ACCOUNTABILITY: Emily Shaw on using data to track police response to sexual assault: “Maryland accident lawyer of Justice employed to... View Article
Continue readingUsing data to track police response to sexual assault
Cases of rape and sexual assault contain deeply private information, but public data is available to help hold police accountable and provide guidance for better policing.
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TRANSITIONS: The transparency, accountability and accessibility a presidential candidate and his or her transition team demonstrates before, during and after... View Article
Continue readingPrinciples for transparency and accountability in the U.S. presidential transition
Here are the five principles that the Sunlight Foundation calls on the presidential campaigns to embrace before and after the election.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: SCOTUS decision leads to more joint fundraising, finding California data, truthiness
THANK YOU! On Saturday, the Sunlight Foundation teamed up with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Data Foundation, and Level Zero... View Article
Continue readingMcCutcheon decision has allowed at least $39 million more in presidential election so far
Sunlight estimates that at least $39 million more has flowed into the presidential fundraising committees than would have if aggregate campaign finance limits still existed today.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Computing the real FOIA disclosure rate, OpenGov lightning talks, Our Revolution may not be disclosed
RUN THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN? An independent assessment found that the federal agency release rate for Freedom of Information Act requests... View Article
Continue readingAgencies and advocates pitch visions for new federal open government plans
Sunlight attended a series of lightning talks focused on the next round of open government plans for executive agencies. What we heard inspired both hope and concern.
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