It's time to revisit how long we keep public records and why.
Continue readingHow obscurity screwed the STOCK Act – and the rest of us
The STOCK Act, which forbids government officials from profiting from non-public information, originally required comprehensive disclosure; but the law was gutted, and now it takes months for financial disclosures to be released.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 5/15/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including drone regulations, monitoring Italian development, and a big donor wins an election for himself in Nebraska.
Continue readingWatching out for the future of California’s public records
A vote next month in California could impact the future of public records, open meetings, and even open data across all levels of government there.
Continue readingHow they got the story: Journalists use Sunlight tools to expose Big Oil’s fight against transparency
How a group of journalists used a variety of Sunlight tools to investigate the oil industry, find patterns and ultimately craft an informative new story.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 5/14/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including unread reports, corporate transparency, and FOIA storytelling.
Continue readingBig oil firms accused of cheating on royalties lead fight to limit U.S. disclosure rules
Oil companies that are resisting calls to disclose the royalties they pay foreign countries have been prosecuted for cheating the U.S. government.
Continue readingNew U.S. agency gets tough on energy cheats
A shakeup at the Interior Department has led to a six-fold jump in royalty collections from companies that extract minerals from U.S. lands.
Continue readingWhy we’ve collected a hojillion inspector general reports
While not technically a hojillion, as of now we've downloaded over 5,000 reports using reliable scrapers for 5 agencies.
Continue readingWhat do TransparencyCamp and National Day of Civic Hacking have in common?
With TCamp14 and National Day of Civic Hacking on the same weekend this year, we decided to coordinate and maximize the potential of the two events, essentially: open government squared.
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