Earlier this week, we highlighted a serious lack of transparency in the actions of Georgia’s executive branch. Happily, the Governor’s administration finally agreed yesterday that it’s time to bring the executive orders back into public view.
Continue readingFCC docs shed light on Phoenix dark money group
FCC documents identify the president and treasurer of "Save Our Future Now" a dark money group that's spent more than $500,000 airing TV ads against candidates running for an obscure Arizona state office.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/8/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including extensive D.C. lobbying on Argentina's debt, four new partners in the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative, and increased charter school transparency in North Carolina.
Continue readingFCC considering more transparency for political ads
The Federal Communications Commission may require cable and satellite providers, as well as radio stations, to follow broadcast TV's lead and begin making political ad contracts available for online viewing.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/7/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including a surreptitious end to reports and data on hospital errors, the release of a notable Chinese dissident lawyer and anti-corruption activist, and a lobbyist-turned-Congressional candidate painting herself as a Washington outsider despite her activity on the Hill.
Continue readingGAO confirms USASpending data quality problems
A GAO report on the subpar spending data available at USASpending.gov confirms the findings of Sunlight's Clearspending project — and highlights the need for spending data standards.
Continue readingMayday PAC sheds light on largest donors
About 57 percent of the $7.8 million disclosed online is anonymized. The committee's next FEC release — with more complete data — won't be public until Oct. 15.
Continue readingThe case of the missing executive orders: (A lack of) transparency in Georgia’s government
Last week, we discussed the accessibility of gubernatorial executive orders in every state. There’s still a ways to go, but almost all states put their executive orders online for the public to view. All except for one: Georgia.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/6/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including a look at the U.S. government's Terrorist Screening Database and Terrorist Information Datamart Environment, the continuing consequences of the E.U.'s "right to be forgotten" ruling on the Wikimedia Foundation, and a new Republican committee that seeks to make use of SCOTUS' McCutcheon ruling at the state level.
Continue readingSee who’s financing Illinois elections — thanks to local open data group
Until now, Illinois residents who wanted to follow the money would have to input the names of all candidates, download separate datasets and merge them into a single file. Suffer no longer — Election Money has come to your rescue.
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