This afternoon, the FCC announced the release of a bulk, machine-readable archive of the more than 1.1 million comments they received during the first comment period of their Open Internet rulemaking proceeding.
Continue readingCampaign intelligence: Anti-establishment groups’ final push
As primary season begins to wind down, outside conservative groups are still pouring money into TV ads and mailers, trying to score a few upsets against longtime incumbents.
Continue readingLimited Liability Donations: Corporate dark money remains a glaring problem in the US
As the 2014 midterm elections approach, watching out for anonymous political donations via LLCs will only become more critical.
Continue readingNow it’s easier to account for how the Senate spends your money
We've extracted three years of Senate disbursement itemizations from the original spending reports to make analysis of the public's money easier.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/5/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including an Executive Branch delay on a much-anticipated report on "enhanced interrogation techniques," alleged Israeli surveillance on John Kerry's communications, and the Kochs planting money among Oregon forests.
Continue readingGOP commissioners quash FEC dark money probe
Republicans on the Federal Election Commission voted to block investigations into two more major political nonprofits that the commission's own staff lawyers argued broke election law in 2010, according to recently released documents.
Continue readingNew research indicates STOCK Act might be working
New research into hedge funds with political access seems to have demonstrated that the STOCK Act is making a difference.
Continue readingOpportunities for strengthening open meetings with open data
There are an increasing number of tools governments can use to help bolster open meetings with open data.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: How Datasembly plans to make open data more discoverable and usable
The increase of the availability of open data should make it easier for analysts to solve problems and have better insight into the actions of the government. Datasembly is helping by making open data more discoverable and usable.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/4/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including another PAC to end all PACs, targeting of journalists and dissidents in Bahrain and the UAE, and a redistricting ruling for Florida's highly gerrymandered Fifth and Tenth Congressional Districts.
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