Over $96 million in Afghanistan reconstruction money has independent oversight thanks to a Special Inspector General created by Congress. How much of the story would have been told without this method of transparency? Almost none.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 4/7/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including Ambassadors, good news out of California, and privacy concerns.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: the Staten Island Clown, #CookieSelfieforAutism, Detroit doesn’t suck and more
Welcome to another roundup of some notable deletions from U.S. politicians archived by our Politwoops project.
Continue readingUnion-backed PAC spends $200,000 in Idaho for GOP’s Mike Simpson
In a heated Idaho primary, an embattled Republican incumbent is getting support from an unexpected quarter: Big labor.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: The role of transparency in the creation of new places
Neighbor.ly is bringing transparency and democracy in the way community projects are funded by being the first online transparent and democratic civic funding platform with an open source repository.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 4/4/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including doctor data, an end to Turkey's twitter ban, and upgrading election records.
Continue reading“Mi rezignis mian usonan civitanecon,” and other post-McCutcheon excuses
Need to deflect yet another post-McCutcheon plea for cash from a needy politician? Here's a handy list of FEC-approved alibis.
Continue readingI learned basic JSON in the morning and made a silly Twitter bot with Sunlight’s API in the afternoon
It doesn't take a full-time software developer to build tools on Sunlight's data.
Continue readingDay after McCutcheon, FEC commissioners clash over dark money
In its first open meeting since the landmark SCOTUS decision, FEC Commissioners clashed over an op-ed on 501(c)4 spending — not aggregate limits.
Continue readingLack of transparency likely to tarnish Hungarian election
A lack of transparency in Hungary could tarnish the April 6 parliamentary elections — but a new website tracking shady campaign spending aims to change that.
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