Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including late night money in politics, fighting corruption in Costa Rica, and boosting transparency in the Big Apple.
Continue readingCampaign Intelligence: Conservative money plays catch up
A recurring series on candidates, campaigns and elections in which Sunlight's Reporting Group highlights interesting stories we see developing from our data analysis tools.
Continue readingThe enduring power of the ex-senator
Two events today prove you don't have to be an elected official or a registered lobbyist to wield clout in DC.
Continue readingWrangling messy political data into usable information
Former (and future) Sunlighter Zack Maril discusses his initial forays into advanced entity deduplication approaches.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 9/16/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including Inspector General publicity, a not-so-transparent law in Spain, and lots of money for government tech start ups.
Continue readingSenate electronic filing should be a done deal — we’ll keep fighting until it is
This month, we've been highlighting bills that would ensure the public has information on D.C. influence. Now we bring you the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act, legislation that should have been passed a long, long time ago.
Continue readingSunlight, Ellsberg and others oppose Senate version of the USA FREEDOM Act
The Senate version of the USA FREEDOM Act is a problematic answer to an enormous problem. That's why Sunlight is joining a diverse coalition in opposing the legislation.
Continue readingEvent: Bringing Law into the Light
Join the Advisory Committee on Transparency on Monday, September 22 at the Rayburn House Office to discuss "secret laws" and ways to boost the public's ability to access and understand them.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 9/15/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including expanding whistleblower court options, a data refresh in San Francisco, and five years of data.gov.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: deletions from Subway, festivals and the wrong state
This week on Politwoops included a deletion of a governor at Subway, a senator at the state fair, another member of Congress pouring beer and a campaign push for jobs in another state.
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