A decade after the Supreme Court predicted the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law would help promote transparency by making public information on campaign ad buys, most political advertisers and TV stations aren't providing the information at all.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 12/18/2013
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including inspecting an inspector general, California cities leading on open data and an arrested democracy activist in Azerbaijan.
Continue readingThe FEC’s Christmas wish? To join the 21st century
Tuesday's open meeting of the FEC saw the election of a new Chair and Vice Chair and a plea to congress for campaign finance to enter the digital age.
Continue readingBloomberg Philanthropies throws its weight behind urban innovation
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently launched the Mayors Challenge, a contest for funding in the European Union where large cities submit new, innovative ideas for solving local problems.
Continue readingRep. Cory Gardner helps energy interests that help his wife
While Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., has an active role in shaping U.S. energy policy his wife has been hired by an energy nonprofit run out of a Houston lobbying and PR shop that represents energy interests.
Continue readingObama calls for tech support
Many of the tech executives that President Obama met with today have been generous donors to his campaigns.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 12/17/2013
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including anti-corruption candidates that aren't corrupt, Gavin Newsom's open data efforts and lobbyists' low poll numbers.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 12/16/2013
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including lobbyists launching, judges bribing, and Detroit's data potential.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: #badassgame, a shy budget vote and a lengthy butt tweet
Welcome to another weekly review of tweets deleted by U.S. politicians caught and archived by Politwoops.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: MapStory: A data commons for a changing Earth
The goal is for MapStory.org to become a space where anyone can share openly licensed geospatial (temporal) data and store it from now until the end of time.
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