This Tuesday, there will be hearing on budgets for the Library of Congress, the Government Printing Office, the Government Accountability... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “Ignorance of the law is not a defense”
After footage of a tense city council meeting in West Branch, Iowa was posted on YouTube, City Administrator Matt Mucker... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Google Reader is Still Relevant, Part III
In continuing with the “Google Reader is Still Relevant” meme (read Parts I and II here) I wanted to make... View Article
Continue readingSunlight on #superPACs: Colbert edition
In case you missed it, last night some-time South Carolina Presidential candidate and super PAC founder Stephen Colbert gave a... View Article
Continue readingOur Omidyar Network Partners
Sunlight couldn’t be in better company in the following video shot by the Omidyar Network, a significant funder of our... View Article
Continue readingBenchmarks for Measuring Success for Legislative Data Transparency
The following are my notes for remarks I delivered at the House Legislative Data and Transparency Conference on February 2, 2012.... View Article
Continue readingSuper PAC profile: Democratic governors play in presidential primary
DGA Action is a super PAC created by the Democratic Governors Association, but so far in this election cycle, all of its ads have been against Republican presidential candidates.
During January, the group placed a series of ads on Facebook and Google targeted to users in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida. Like bigger presidential super PACs, such as the pro-Mitt Romney Restore Our Future and the pro-Newt Gingrich Winning Our Future, DGA Action focused on the negative.
Its ads opposed Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. No ads were placed opposing Newt Gingrich, but that could change according ...
Continue readingSuper PACs and Secret Money Undermine Elections
The New York Times looked at this week’s Super PAC filings with the FEC and demonstrated—again—what we knew would be... View Article
Continue readingBulk Data at the House Legislative Data Conference
Many of us from Sunlight have been at the House’s legislative data conference today, as Daniel has noted on the... View Article
Continue readingTester and Cochran offer Electronic Filing Amendment to the STOCK Act
Senators Tester and Cochran, champions of common sense legislation that would require senators and senate candidates to electronically file their... View Article
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