Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including the latest from the Snowden files, a possible cover-up of organized pedophilia by the British Home Office, and unintended consequences of a new open meeting law in Vermont.
Continue readingPhiladelphia story: How tech and toilers are keeping democracy alive
Philadelphia is the site of an ambitious effort to trace political propaganda back to its source.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: How 596 Acres is opening up vacant lots data
596 Acres has been running a pilot project that helps neighbors see opportunities in the fenced vacant lots of New York City’s most historically disadvantaged neighborhoods since August, 2011.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Going Dutch with open data
The Open State Foundation has made major break through in unlocking The Netherlands' financial data and making it open and reusable. Now they have an Open Culture Data API with 694,741 records.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/3/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including a more technologically advanced Department of Veterans' Affairs, international ISPs taking action towards the British NSA, and a circuit court decision that could potentially limit superPAC donations.
Continue readingGrab your ear plugs: Political advertisers have buys all the way through Nov. 4
New filings in competitive Senate races — in states that did not previously share their political ad documents online — reveal which markets third party groups are targeting
Continue readingInfluence Analytics : Greenhouse gases, part II
A look at Sunlight's influence trackers shows that, on the controversial issue of global warming, the courts and the agencies are not the only place where the action is.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/2/2014
Keep reading for today’s look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including the announcement of a nominee for VA Secretary,... View Article
Continue readingSleuthing political ads in competitive Senate races
Television broadcast stations around the country are opening their political files for the first time, and Sunlight's tracking the most notable happenings across the country.
Continue readingMás allá de los negocios: Impactos de los datos abiertos
As a way to spread the word about the important benefits of open data, former Sunlight fellow Iris Palma translated into Spanish both our observations on how open data helps the public achieve a variety of important goals.
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