by Jacob Hutt, Policy Intern Twenty years after its first video pilot study, the federal court system has launched a... View Article
Continue readingImpatience Spurs Innovation and the iPad is the New Fold
Drupal or Solr may not be my forte, but when Rob Winikates, Deputy Director, Office of Digital Strategy, Online Engagement... View Article
Continue readingMoving Congress Online: Modernizing Information Delivery in the House
by Eric Mill, Sunlight Foundation Developer, and Jacob Hutt, Policy Intern What would Congress look like with bill markups conducted... View Article
Continue readingTransparency Bill Markup Scheduled
Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Darrell Issa announced that the committee will be looking at two transparency... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 6/20/2011
Here is Monday’s look at the week’s transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related... View Article
Continue readingLawmakers neglect to report ties to nonprofits
Two members of Congress left some information in the dark when filling out their personal financial disclosure forms, which were made public last week.
According to ethics rules, if a member of Congress sits on the board of directors at a nonprofit, he or she is supposed to disclose the position. But at least two representatives—Corrine Brown, D-Fla., and Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla.—have failed to do so. The lawmakers' positions were discovered while researching lobbying reports, where lobbyists report honorary gifts to charities tied to members of Congress. There could be many more members of Congress making the same ...
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Louisiana governor to become subject to public records law
As mentioned earlier, the open government movement made major strides today — when together with the Participatory Politics Foundation, we... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Millionaires or not, politicians rake in millions in contributions
By guest blogger Matthew Gerring, Sunlight Labs intern The Washington Post published an article on Wednesday about the personal financial... View Article
Continue readingOpenGovernment Minnesota Launches Today
Residents of Minnesota now have a new way to keep track of what’s happening in their state with the launch... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 6/17/2011
Here is Friday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News... View Article
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