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Continue readingOur rebuilt ‘Email Congress’ lets anyone contact lawmakers from their own email account
Our revamped "Email Congress" service allows anyone to easily contact their representatives directly from their own email client.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: The revolution will be … digitized?
FOR THE RECORD: The whistleblower behind the Panama Papers made a statement about why he or she provided the data... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: These are not the Stingrays you’re looking for
TOP NEWS: In a letter to the Senate, the Archivist of the United States declined to formally designate the Senate... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Will the FTC put some sunlight on dark money?
TOP NEWS: Lawmakers are urging the FTC to investigate the source of ads attacking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [ABC... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Lessons learned from a year of opening police data
TOP NEWS: Sunlight’s Alyssa Doom and Damian Ortellado shared what we’ve learned about opening police data in the past year. “In... View Article
Continue readingLessons learned from a year of opening police data
April's White House Police Data Initiative celebrated its progress by gathering industry leaders for a two-day event discussing challenges and successes of releasing open police data to the public.
Continue readingSwag for Sunlight: The time we asked ‘Nerd Prom’ attendees to donate their party favors
White House Correspondents Weekend is supposed to celebrate transparency. So, filmmaker Patrick Gavin had an idea: Would party-goers be willing to stand up for transparency by donating their swag bags to Sunlight?
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: American vulture funds feed on Argentina’s debt crisis
TOP NEWS: In a new feature for Sunlight, Senior Staff Writer Melissa Yeager digs into the struggle between American hedge... View Article
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Will a recent court decision jeopardize open data in health care?
Democratizing new blockchain technology with big and open data will remove the middlemen in healthcare faster than the internet came to life in the mid-1990s. But who is hindering the progress?
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