Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including Inspectors General, election ads, communism, and more.
Continue readingOutside groups spend at least $120 per Alaska voter
Voters in states with competitive races are being overloaded with advertising from outside interests trying to influence their vote. In red-hot Alaska, outsiders have spent at least $120 for each likely voter.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 10/27/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including campaign cash, new open data from Houston and Los Angeles, and the true cost of access to scientific research.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: a slogan, a scold, a hoof and poof
This week's roundup of notable deletions archived on Politwoops include a campaign mocking the idea that people would believe a campaign slogan, a mysterious scolding and a childish spelling error.
Continue readingRevenge of the Democrats: Wealthy liberals top list of super PAC donors in 2014
The final FEC reports before the general election have landed and Sunlight's look at the biggest individual super PAC donors makes one thing clear: Wealthy liberal donors have warmed up to super PACs.
Continue readingExploring open data’s microdata frontier
What is "microdata" and why is it so powerful? We're exploring the challenges and opportunities of the current legal, technical and social landscape of 21st Century microdata.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 10/24/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including improper payments, entity identifiers, french transparency, big spending on local ballot measures, and more.
Continue readingThirty minutes on Philly TV news: 11 political ads, no political stories
If one recent evening newscast is any indication, Philadelphia voters may be longing for used car ads and payday loan pitches — and maybe for some unbiased political reportage.
Continue readingReflections from Buntwani: Strengthening civic engagement through tech
Sunlight's Amy Ngai traveled to Nairobi, Kenya for Buntwani, a two-day conference aimed at strengthening citizen engagement through the use of technology. Here's what she learned!
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 10/22/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including a blast from the web's past, corporate transparency, and a number of corruption allegations in Alabama.
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