This year, we are pleased to have the opportunity to host twenty opengov advocates from every major continent.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Bringing accountability and transparency to Detroit’s charter schools
Detroit Charter Data is bringing some transparency to Michigan's Charter School system by providing a way to navigate Detroit’s current schooling landscape and FOIA support, including a database of educational documents received through the FOIA process.
Continue readingFollow Congress on your Kindle Fire
Good news if you have a Kindle Fire! You can now use Sunlight's [Congress app](http://congress.sunlightfoundation.com) for Android.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 5/9/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including big spending corporate PACs, open data in Hong Kong, and collision data in New York City.
Continue readingThree ways Congress can increase transparency after McCutcheon and Citizens United
More disclosure after McCutcheon and Citizens United? It's really not that hard.
Continue readingCampaign finance enters the age of Bitcoin
The FEC unanimously voted Thursday to allow limited Bitcoin donations to political committees.
Continue readingWhat countries spent the most to influence the USA in 2013
Sunlight's new Foreign Influence Explorer allows you to see which countries are spending the most to raise their profiles in the USA.
Continue readingTop target list for foreign interests includes some surprises
Sunlight used its new Foreign Influence Explorer to see which members of Congress had the most contact with foreign interests last year.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 5/8/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including crowdsourcing, big money in Indian elections, and investigations in Kansas.
Continue readingComcast, Time Warner Cable give $100K to House Judiciary members so far this cycle
Two telecommunications giants have been political contributors to many of the House Judiciary Committee members who will be reviewing the companies' proposed merger Thursday.
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