If we want governments to be truly transparent, we need both reactive information disclosure and proactive access to information.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/1/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including an unexpected end to the disclosure of Congresspeople's privately sponsored travel, a possible Access to Information law in Afghanistan, and plenty of state and local news.
Continue readingDark money in North Carolina’s Hagan-Tillis Senate race: 4,086 ad spots at WBTV
Outside groups bought virtually all the ads one Charlotte TV station has aired in North Carolina's hotly contested Senate race, and nearly half the dollars they spent haven't been reported to the Federal Election Commission.
Continue readingTransparency Case Study: Lobbying disclosure in Hungary
Lobbying regulation in Hungary provides a trenchant reminder that the political culture and context in which reform is undertaken can have a profound impact on how a law is implemented, and whether it succeeds.
Continue readingAfter loss at SCOTUS, what’s next for reproductive rights groups
Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice blasted SCOTUS' decision in the Hobby Lobby case and vowed to keep fighting. Here's how they have extended their influence in the past.
Continue readingHeavyweight public employee unions take a shot from Supreme Court
A strongly-worded Supreme Court opinion Monday could blow a hole in one of the Democratic Party's biggest treasure chests.
Continue readingNew FCC online political ad disclosure rule exposes dark money TV buys
Beginning Tuesday, every broadcast television station in the country will have to post online copies of contracts and other information about the political advertisements they are airing.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 6/30/2014
Keep reading for an today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including the NSA's "transparency report," local parliamentary monitoring in the Czech Republic, and plenty of state and local news.
Continue readingSunlight joining EFF and others in holding secret surveillance accountable
Today, Sunlight is proud to join a coalition of groups demanding more transparency and an end to mass secret surveillance.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: How Gasbie is improving local municipal financial transparency
Gasbie is making publicly available financial information more accessible to the general public in order to increase transparency and accountability in local municipal finance and inform the public about how public dollars are spent.
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