by Daniel Schuman and Cassandra LaRussa Despite significant strides towards improving public access to legislative proceedings, nearly a quarter of... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Mitt’s got a secret? The Obama campaign and its affiliated super PACs are preparing to target Mitt... View Article
Continue readingSurvey on Open Corporate Data Ranks Former Soviet Countries as More Transparent than the U.S.
This week, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) will convene its first annual meeting in Brasilia. The OGP is a coalition... View Article
Continue readingLobby more, pay less in taxes
If you think you wound up paying too much in taxes this year, maybe you ought to hire a lobbyist.... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “Information is the currency of democracy”
The Salt Lake Tribune covered a University of Utah honors class project: developing a set of five guiding principles to help... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP Government CIO sit Down: Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel sat down with Alex Howard for a discussion about the future... View Article
Continue readingCISPA is Terrible for Transparency
The new cybersecurity bill, CISPA, or HR 3523, is terrible on transparency. The bill proposes broad new information collection and... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Take Control of Your Gmail Inbox
In an ideal world we would quickly respond to emails, keep the clutter to a minimum and access the information... View Article
Continue readingPACking a Wallop
When a Leadership PAC and a Super PAC join forces, the influx of cash can help swing an election, concentrating... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Charities not Candidacies: Repledge is a new group hoping to get some of the money out of politics... View Article
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