NextGen Climate, a super PAC backed by the billionaire Tom Steyer focused on climate change, plans to begin airing political TV ads in Iowa tomorrow featuring images of Pope Francis.
Continue readingCongress to President Obama: Make government contractors disclose political spending
Members of the Senate and the House wrote to President Obama urging him to draft and enact an executive order forcing all government contractors to disclose any political spending.
Continue readingGrowing chorus calling for CRS reports to be open to the public
The Sunlight Foundation has been pushing for consistent public access to Congressional Research Service reports for years. Now, some powerful voices have joined the chorus.
Continue readingIn Utah, conflict of interest disclosure available with a click
Utah is prominently publishing conflict of interest information online for all state lawmakers.
Continue readingMay was a kind month to RNC, some super PACs, FEC filings show
More than 17 months before the November election, filings at the FEC show that some of the bigger supporting players in politics are getting into electoral form.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Visualizing campaign finance data like never before
One of Sunlight's OpenGov Grantees is building a groundbreaking new visualization of who gives money to federal politicians.
Continue readingA little more conversation, a little less action at the FEC
An unusual move by two of the FEC's Democratic commissioners to petition their own agency to take up a rule-making process on dark money and Citizens United was met with skepticism by Republicans.
Continue readingAIG court decision shows influence of big banks on bailout
Why did AIG take the fall for the 2008 financial crisis while other big banks survived just fine?
Continue readingSenate rejects attempt to weaken FOIA — for now
An amendment introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that would have soften FOIA was thwarted — for now.
Continue readingWhy is cleaning messy data so hard?
What's the best way to clean up information when it comes in many shapes and sizes? We aim to find out.
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