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Today in OpenGov: Violations

by admin Mar 7, 2018 10:05 am

In today's edition, Kellyanne Conway is cited for Hatch Act violations, MuckRock celebrates FOIA March Madness, Maryland pushes for presidential tax return transparency, and much more.

The Sunlight Foundation announces new board members

by admin Mar 6, 2018 1:57 pm

Today, Sunlight is proud to announce the addition of Zoë Reiter and Katherine Maher to our board of directors. “We... View Article

Jon Campbell joins the Web Integrity Project as senior investigator

by Web Integrity Project team Mar 6, 2018 10:38 am

We’re proud to announce that @j0ncampbell has joined the @sunfoundation, working with @tolyrinberg @andmbergman @rachelkbergman & @digiphile on our @SunWebIntegrity... View Article

Today in OpenGov: Charitable

by admin Mar 6, 2018 7:47 am

In today's edition, nondisclosure agreements in Congress, one of President Trump's top fundraisers embraces the lobbying life, the NYPD tries to keep secrets, open data in Nepal, and more.

In today's edition, Washington's governor vetoes an opaque bill, President Trump ramps up his 2020 fundraising, how agencies can prioritize securing citizen information, how open government can empower youth, and more.

Today in OpenGov: Open data effects

by admin Mar 2, 2018 8:36 am

In today's edition, we weigh in on how well open data efforts are working, campaign finance tweaks sneak into budget proposals, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin doesn't want a video of him getting heckled to get out, the European Commission gets proactive about travel expense transparency, and more.

In website reshuffle, federal committee makes reports on collecting sexual orientation and gender identity data inaccessible

by Rachel Bergman and Toly Rinberg Mar 2, 2018 5:00 am

Links from the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology website that previously directed to SOGI statistical methods reports now direct to... View Article

Two models for increasing community impact of open data

by Alex Dodds Mar 1, 2018 12:02 pm

On February 27, we hosted a webinar with our colleagues at Canadian non-profit Open North designed to help city staff collaborate more with community residents on open data. The recording of the webinar is now available on-demand in this post.

Today in OpenGov: The evolving state of data in the states

by admin Mar 1, 2018 9:59 am

In today's edition, the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asks for documents on reported reprisals at HUD, the need for objective leadership at the Census Bureau, how data helps us understand the natural world, the evolving nature of state data work, and more.