Dear Mr. Stephen Colbert: We here at Sunlight all quite enjoyed your mock outrage at the declining level of congressional... View Article
Continue readingComing to PDF? Get Warmed Up With a Hackathon
A bunch of the Labs team (and the rest of Sunlight) will be in New York next week for PDF 2012. It's one of the can't-miss events of our calendar year -- and not just because Sunlight counts Micah Sifry and Andrew Rasiej as close friends. PDF is a consistently great opportunity for like-minded folks to get together and share their visions for how technology can change society for the better. We've found more than a few team members at past PDFs; I don't think it's a coincidence.
This year the folks behind the event are trying something new: a two-day hackathon in the leadup to the conference. They're calling it PDF: Applied, and if you have talent for coding and a chance to make it to New York a little early, you should really consider attending. It's always exciting to see this kind of attempt to translate big thoughts into concrete action.
Continue readingAmending the Leg Branch Appropriations Bill – Deadline Today at 4
For those keeping an eye on whether the House will restrict bulk access to THOMAS legislative data, amendments to the... View Article
Continue readingNews Without Transparency: Albany Lobbying is Recession Proof
News Without Transparency- Albany Lobbying is Recession Proof Lobbying is big business in New York. Earlier this year, the Legislative... View Article
Continue reading#FreeTHOMAS
Does information about legislation belong to Congress or to the American people? This basic question is at the heart of... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 6/4/2012
NEWS ROUNDUP Government Open source incubator moves on: Since 2008, NASA has helped develop several open source cloud services projects. Now... View Article
Continue readingInsiders Discuss Fact Checking and the Presidental Election
Policy Intern Hunter Main With campaign ads heating up along with the presidential race, how will journalists balance their obligations... View Article
Continue readingBulk Access Developments after the H. Approps Hearing
In the last 24 hours there have been three significant developments on providing the public with better access to legislative... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 6/1/2012
NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Roemer out, but not down: Buddy Roemer, the former Governor of Louisiana and campaign finance reform champion,... View Article
Continue readingIn running for Congress, plumber showcases his company
Is congressional candidate Markwayne Mullin touting himself to voters or to customers? That was the question before the Federal Election Commission earlier this week, where the Oklahoma businessman is seeking permission to have TV ads for his plumbing company not treated like campaign communications. But some of Mullin's neighbors say his plumbing business figures so heavily in his campaign ads that it's impossible to distinguish the two.
In comments to the FEC, some have even questioned Mullin's motives for becoming a candidate in the June 26 Republican primary for the seat occupied by retiring Rep. Dan Boren ...
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