The release of a critical report by the State Department’s inspector general on Hillary Clinton’s email practices answers questions that have lingered since last March — and raises new ones.
Continue readingSunlight adds more than 100 new datasets to our Hall of Justice database
Today, we are pleased to announce that Hall of Justice now includes 125 additional datasets made available to the public through the Police Data Initiative.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: ‘She Said, He Said’ opens the books in Colorado
"She Said, He Said" is a prototype app that allows users to search by legislator, bill or address to find related video and voting records.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Disclose, disclose, disclose
DISCLOSE: A new Senate bill would mandate the presidential nominee of major parties to disclose their tax returns. The Sunlight Foundation... View Article
Continue readingSenate committee vote shows OPEN Government Data Act has broad, bipartisan support
Sunlight is thrilled that the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed the OPEN Government Data Act by a unanimous voice vote yesterday.
Continue readingSenate bill would require presidential nominees to release tax returns
A bill introduced in the Senate today would require presidential nominees to release 3 years of tax returns.
Continue readingCuomo’s bill would help close New York’s infamous ‘LLC loophole’
Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls for greater transparency in his state, specifically for LLCs.
Continue readingDeadlock over political coercion at work causes 3 FEC commissioners to issue scathing statement
Thanks to FEC deadlock, another troubling campaign finance issue is dropped without even opening an investigation.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Don’t roll back sunshine in government, Congress
WE NEED MORE SUNSHINE, NOT LESS. Congress is considering rolling back a key transparency law tomorrow. That’s a huge mistake.... View Article
Continue readingIn dark move, Congress considers rolling back transparency for meetings
No federal agencies should be exempted from the requirements of the law in a wholesale. Erasing our requirement for public meetings isn’t an option.
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