On Friday all monthly and quarterly committees registered with the FEC have to turn in their financial reports. Sunlight's 'Real-Time FEC' lets you track the money going in and out. Here's a primer on how to use it.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 1/30/2014
Keep reading for today’s look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including big super PAC givers, pollution data in China,... View Article
Continue readingWhy “set the default to open”? Because information is a public good
A core principle for governments to use in developing an open data policy is that “the default should be set to open.” It means governments should generally be proactive in providing access to the information they collect and produce.
Continue readingOMB’s DATA Act power grab
The Office of Management and Budget is pushing for changes that would gut the DATA Act, an important piece of federal spending legislation.
Continue readingBritain ‘shines light of transparency’ on secret lobbying. Just kidding.
David Cameron's lobbying bill exposes the hollowness of his muscular claims about cracking down on crony capitalism. Britain's democracy remains under corporate capture.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 1/29/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including Senate campaign finance, oversight at the open government partnership, and a lack of housing data in Minnesota.
Continue readingNot all of Obama’s SOTU guests are contributors, but . . .
Some of President Obama's guests at Tuesday's State of the Union address are political donors. But not all their contributions went to him or his party.
Continue readingEncrypting our Congress API and protecting your location
If you're using our Congress API — **especially** if you use our endpoints that look up Congressional representation based upon zip code or latitude/longitude — we **strongly recommend** you use HTTPS. It's for your own protection, after all.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 1/28/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including a Colombian court decision, local open data in DC, and good news from the GAO for spending transparency.
Continue readingIntroducing the State of the Union Machine
Tomorrow, President Obama will give the annual State of the Union Address to Congress. Today, you can generate your own random speech with Sunlight's new State of the Union Machine, modeled on language from different presidents' previous addresses.
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