Marc Andreessen blames scandals for the declining fortunes of print news. But his critique puts the cart before the horse.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/13/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including lobbyists commingling even closer with industry boards, panels, and commissions in a new representative capacity, skepticism over the contents of Russian humanitarian aid vans inbound for Ukraine, and a redistricting controversy over possible gerrymandering in Florida.
Continue readingKoch vets’ group picking up where Freedom Partners left off
Freedom Partners, a political nonprofit affiliated with Charles and David Koch, is transferring TV air time to a veterans' group also associated with the conservative activists.
Continue readingApply for Sunlight’s 2014 international exchange program!
Sunlight is revamping our international exchanges program to further our culture of sharing expertise across borders. Apply and you can have the opportunity to host a Sunlight staff member or come to D.C. to work in our offices.
Continue readingWho’s ruling the airwaves in Philadelphia?
The Sunlight Foundation, the Internet Archive, the Committee of Seventy and others are working together to map Philadelphia's media landscape in the weeks leading up to Election Day 2014.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/12/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the creation of the United States Digital Service, Bahrain's government's surveillance of activists and opposition politicians, and a DOJ report uncovering systemic abuses at New York City's Rikers Island jail.
Continue readingCan Twitter save Turkey from corruption?
Social media may provide a toehold for advocates seeking greater accountability and more transparency in Turkey, but only if they find a way to expand its reach.
Continue readingFrom the Piedmont to the Rockies, outside money swamping candidates
A Sunlight analysis of ad buys in sample TV markets show outside groups outspending Senate candidates in three key races.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/11/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the Patent and Trademark Office's struggle with its work-at-home program following fibbed timesheets and undeserved bonuses, Australia's suppression of the press surrounding a foreign bribery scandal, and the Californian city of Santa Ana's nondisclosure of information about the Mayor's new house–and the seller who received a contract over a million dollars following the house's discounted sale.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: ‘shagging’, Pelosi’s Africa mix-up and more
Welcome to another post rounding up the week's most notable deletions archived by Politwoops.
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