In today's edition, we share our user personas, Michael Cohen plays a shell game, the House considers reviving a key technology office, some good news for access to information in Canada, and much more.
Continue readingHere are all the open data user personas created in our workshops
Understanding who wants to use public information and why is one of the best things cities can do to improve the impact and relevance of their open data programs. The Sunlight Open Cities team helps city staff develop open data user personas, and we wanted to share some of these personas to spark ideas and inspiration for open data staff in other cities.
Continue readingSunlight Foundation’s Personnel Policies and Practices
On May 4, 2018, the Huffington Post published an article detailing allegations including a sexual assault by former Sunlight Labs Director Clay Johnson before his tenure at Sunlight, and inappropriate behavior by him at Sunlight prior to his termination, and afterwards elsewhere. To state the necessary and obvious, we regret Clay’s hiring by Sunlight, and that Sunlight’s management failed to address appropriately Clay’s reported despicable behavior when he was with Sunlight, and failed to create a culture in our workplace that precluded inappropriate conduct by others besides Clay.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Emoluments Shmemoluments
In today's edition, we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, Rudy Giuliani makes a statement, tactical data helps nonprofits in Wisconsin, a coalition asks Mick Mulvaney to maintain public access to important data, and more.
Continue readingThis Week in Conflicts: Vietnam, encouraging lobbying, and what happens if Mueller or Rosenstein are fired
This week, a look at how a call to Vietnam from President-elect Donald Trump originated, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau tells the banking industry to lobby lawmakers and thousands are preparing to protest if President Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller or Rod Rosenstein.
Continue readingA tactical data toolkit will help nonprofits in Madison, WI make the case for their work
Today we are incredibly proud to present the result of our Tactical Data Engagement project with the City of Madison, WI. The final product is a data toolkit designed to help nonprofit organizations working to reduce youth violence on Madison’s Northside find and use open data to better contextualize their work and goals in grant applications to the City.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Welcome to Miami
In today's edition, the White House looks to roll back a drone strike disclosure requirement, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will have to release some emails he wanted to keep secret, the UK votes to open business register information, Members of Congress plan to retire to K Street, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Past expiration
In today's edition, FEC commissioner's expiration dates, Mike Pompeo's public relations approach, the power of open data for local economies, whistleblower rights in Europe, and more.
Continue readingHappy birthday, Sunlight! We’re turning 12 this week.
We work to make government more transparent every month of the year and every hour on the clock: the Sunlight Foundation turns 12 this week!
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Shake it up
In today's edition, Scott Pruitt gets ready to talk to Congress, Facebook is slow to answer questions as it shakes up its DC team, find inspiration from data drive public sector projects, fake news threatens another wave of elections, and more.
Continue reading
59063
