Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including hesitancy at the IRS, open data in Connecticut, and Tom Steyer spending in California.
Continue readingThe FCC’s opportunity to bring all political ad spending online
If the FCC decides to require cable, satellite and radio companies to put their files online, we may have an unprecedented view into political spending across all major media platforms.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: a lone cone, puppies and a pub
In this week's roundup of deleted tweets from politicians archived by Politwoops, we examine a number of recent examples of messaging changes that came in the form of image deletions and replacements.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: Climate change and narcotics occupy feds
This week in Influence Analytics: the social cost of coal, regulating narcotics and a controversial EPA proposal on greenhouse gases.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Visualizing the U.S. budget and other civic tools
Data is only useful when people who need it can use it to make decisions. Making data transparent means not just releasing it to the public, but giving the public tools to understand it.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/29/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including a military grade lobbying effort, teaching OAS members about transparency, and balancing bike share.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/28/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including brewery politics, an "election" in Turkey, and Civic Ninjas.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/27/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including dissapearing court documents, a framework for assesing social value in open data, and news from several governors races.
Continue readingEvent: The Price We Pay for Money’s Influence on Politics
On September 16, the Sunlight Foundation and ReThink Media will host a special morning conversation with Senators Jon Tester and Angus King (invited) followed by a panel of money-in-politics experts.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/26/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including big spending on digital political ads, more on Todd Park's career change, and a state checkbook in Ohio.
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