Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a newly elected Massachusetts Democrat, cited website removals documented by the Web Integrity Project (WIP) at a... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Close to home.
In today's edition, Congress considers the consequences of an increase in FOIA requests, ICE's questionable use of license plate data, a loss and a win for one embattled Massachusetts mayor, Wilbur Ross testifies about the Census citizenship question, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Unforced errors.
In today's edition, we launch a new resource to track federal web censorship, President Trump's financial records may be facing scrutiny, independent media in the Philippines push back against continual cyber attack, and more.
Continue readingA new way to track Web censorship under Trump: Gov404
The Web Integrity Project is launching Gov404, a tracker that aggregates and verifies the most significant cases of information removals from federal websites.
Continue readingThree attacks on public information highlighted in Gov404, our new Web censorship tracker
A snapshot of the removed “Navy Statistics” page showing the “Page Not Found” notice its URL returned on February 25,... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Weekend at Donald’s
In today's edition, the FEC slaps Jeb Bush's super PAC with a big fine, President Trump spends his weekends with wealthy business associates, Texas makes more mistaken additions to a "voter fraud" list, Russians protest against Internet restrictions, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Another sunny week.
In today's edition, we celebrate Sunshine Week, House Democrats pass their centerpiece political reform legislation, hundreds of lobbyists are wading through President Trump's swamp, a win for open government in Alabama, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Playing catch-up.
In today's edition, we share quick links to a week's worth of OpenGov news including the latest from Sunlight's blog, the House's moves on ethics reform, an updated count of President Trump's false statements, open government data in Africa, Boston's new chief data officer, and a whole lot more.
Continue readingThis Week in Conflicts: President Trump Promotes His Golf Course, Questions Over Security Clearances and the House Judiciary Investigation
This week, in a tweet President Donald Trump, promoted his Scottish golf course, the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into the president has started and more questions over the validity of how Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner obtained their security clearances.
Continue readingAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the New Age of Transparency
Elected officials have a plethora of options to keep open communication with their constituents. So why don’t they?
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