With election season heating up, knowing who’s spending money on political campaigns has never been more critical. In Illinois, this kind of data is challenging to get, especially in bulk. Until now.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/29/14
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including an announcement of Mayday PAC's targeted races, judicial appointment reform in India, and (potential) new municipal broadband policy at the FCC.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: To be or not to be — Democracy in Fiji 2014?
In just over a month, Fijians will go to the polls in a historic multi-party parliamentary election. Here is a look at the radical increases in regulations of the country's political finance.
Continue readingPhilly Ad Sleuthing: Republicans are gamers; Democrats like gossip
An analysis of political ad buys at one Philadelphia station shows just how much voters are bombarded by political messages -- and how much office seekers and interest groups spend to influence them.
Continue readingMusicians, writers, designers and … a big donor?
Among today's National Medal of Arts recipients, one stands out.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/28/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the Office of Congressional Ethics calling out illegal lobbying for the first time, Guyana's controversy over presidents-as-lobbyists, and a former Virginia Governor's upcoming corruption trial.
Continue readingG8 Open Data Charter Action Plan: Open data by default, but you may have to pay
Although the G7 is moving towards "open data by default," they show hesitations and difficulties to guarantee their data will be free of charge. Here are our detailed analysis on the G8 Open Data Charter Action Plan.
Continue readingCourting donors in the dark: Mapping Obama’s closed door fundraisers
Although President Barack Obama’s administration touts its support of transparency, there’s been a glaring exception: opening up political fundraisers to White House reporters who trail the president.
Continue readingA lesson learned from the beleaguered NTIS
The National Technology Information Service once endeavored to provide a centralized and organized location for government documents. Now, its potential demise is a call for more effective information disclosure among government agencies.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Fracking chemicals, open data, and government transparency
As the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalizes a new rule to govern oil and gas drilling and fracking, the public is calling for complete and timely disclosure of the chemicals used at every fracking operation.
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