TOP NEWS: This weekend, Sunlight Foundation staffers asked people who attended the People/TIME White House Correspondent’s Cocktail Party if they’d... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Abroad: American vulture funds feed on Argentina’s debt crisis
Vulture funds preyed on Argentina during a debt crisis — resulting in economic depression for the South American country and huge profits for investors.
Continue readingCongress requests GAO investigation into federal FOIA shortcomings
Based on troubling statistics, Congress has requested the General Accountability Office conduct a comprehensive review of the federal government's compliance with the Freedom of Information Act.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Supreme Court could loosen bribery rules for politicians
BRANDEIS WEPT: Nina Totenburg reported that the nation’s highest court may be leaning towards voiding former Virginia Gov. Bob McConnell’s... View Article
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Join us for very first TransparencyCamp Europe!
While Europe has taken small steps to improve their opendata policies, TransparencyCamp Europe will push the need to collaborate, discuss and increase transparency even further.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Scandal boosts Clinton’s political career
TOP STORIES: The cast of ABC drama “Scandal” supported former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign yesterday with a $5,000/person... View Article
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: ‘Open Information St. Paul’ makes data dynamic, relevant and user-friendly
To spark a culture of innovation throughout St. Paul, citizens will need more than access to spreadsheets. Find out how the city's executives are doing more than just data.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: The false choice between open data criticism and collaboration
TOP STORIES: Sunlight’s executive director, John Wonderlich, returned to the blog with this response to Tom Steinberg’s critiques of the... View Article
Continue readingThe false choice between criticism and collaboration
Tom Steinberg recently critiqued the open data movement, suggesting that advocacy is too incremental, political leaders are duplicitous and many basic problems have yet to be addressed. Here's our response.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Battleground (state) America
TOP STORIES: The Sunlight Foundation combined our analysis of Federal Election Commission data with interviews of reporters from the Arizona... View Article
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