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Today in #OpenGov 3/26/2014

by Matt Rumsey Mar 26, 2014 9:35 am

Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including retirement processing, a Brazilian Internet bill of rights, and judicial disclosure in Montana.

Safeguarding sensitive information shouldn’t be an all or nothing proposition

by Alisha Green

policy

Mar 25, 2014 11:00 am

Providing open data comes with challenges. How can governments thoughtfully approach safeguarding sensitive information?

Announcing Money, Politics and Transparency: A project to improve global political finance transparency

by Lisa Rosenberg

policy

Mar 25, 2014 10:00 am

Sunlight is proud to announce Money, Politics and Transparency — a project to improve international political finance transparency.

Today in #OpenGov 3/25/2014

by Matt Rumsey Mar 25, 2014 9:14 am

Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including open data art, transparency battles in San Diego, and the Rosemary Award for worst open government performance.

Friends in high places: Major Obama donors with interests in China

by Peter Olsen-Phillips

investigations

Mar 24, 2014 3:30 pm

Obama donors with business interests in China have benefitted in the past from access to President Xi Jinping. Here's a rundown of some of Obama’s major donors with business ties to the country as the two enter talks.

Data and creativity: A response to Timothy Egan

by Lee Drutman Mar 24, 2014 1:04 pm

New York Times columnist Timothy Egan argues that the move towards data journalism is somehow opposed to creativity. I must object; data analysis and everything that goes into it can be highly creative.

The chicken or the egg? Deciding which data to release first

by Emily Shaw

policy

Mar 24, 2014 10:52 am

As we transition from 20th century to 21st century government, governments seeking to guarantee their citizens access to public data online find they must ask themselves: What should we release first?

Today in #OpenGov 3/24/2014

by Matt Rumsey Mar 24, 2014 9:51 am

Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including paper processing, a Turkish Twitter tirade, and quizzing gubernatorial candidates on open data in Pennsylvania.