Mayday PAC reported $3.3 million dollars on hand at the beginning of July. The group's campaign kitty now stands at $7.7 million according to the group's website.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/22/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including new House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's generous donation influx from lobbyists and executives alike, a lack of transparency as Russian-backed militants continue to hamper analysis of the tragic crash of MH17, and a lobbying battle in Sacramento over popular ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft.
Continue readingOFA fundraising down, but still attracting new donors
A joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics finds that President Obama's political nonprofit continues to find new five-figure prospects even as fundraising drops.
Continue readingTop super PAC donors lean left
There are no Republicans among the top three individual donors to super PACs this political cycle. That's a huge turnaround from 2012, when the top three spots all went to GOP megadonors.
Continue readingMoney, Politics and Transparency: What we learned at OKFest
Many of us in the global anti-corruption and transparency communities were lucky enough to convene at the Open Knowledge Festival in Berlin last week - here's what we learned.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/21/14
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including a Guardian interview with Edward Snowden, a new model for journalism in Germany, and a profile of a major power broker in North Carolina state politics.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: a YMCA bus, a drone and $s
It was a very busy week for Politwoops with a number of notable deletions, a slew of mentions by major media outlets and tens of thousands of new visitors.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: FDA, keep your hands off our cheap cigars
The FDA is receiving a flood of comment letters from cigar aficionados who want the agency to lay off regulating pricey cigars as part of a long-fought initiative to regulate tobacco products.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: ZoningCheck – what works where?
ZoningCheck is making zoning data more open, understandable and executable so that organizations and small business owners alike can be able to learn what works and where in the cities they want to invest in.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/18/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including a host of PAC formations and expansions in the lead-up to the 2014 Midterm Elections, the UK's apparent struggles with data and water damage, and plenty of state and local news.
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