Over the last year, Sunlight’s Open Cities team has been researching and piloting best practices in facilitating community use of open data to continuously develop our TDE framework. Today we’re excited to share an in-depth look at our first TDE pilot project in Glendale, Arizona.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: A most unethical year
In today's edition, CREW looks back at the very unethical first year of the Trump administration, we check in on President Trump's continued aversion to filling key posts, a couple members of Congress could be in trouble, a campaign spending complaint is dismissed in the UK, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness”
Sunlight is closed on this federal holiday, as our staff spend the day of reflection, service, recreation, and time with family and friends, but we are open to what celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. can teach us about our work and nation. In today's newsletter, we share ways to learn more about King and how the long moral arc of the universe is bending today.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: FISA debate heads to Senate
In today's edition, President Trump plays host, the House votes on surveillance legislation, Missouri's governor gets caught in a scandal, Brazil looks to target fake news, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: #DemocracyDialogues
In today's edition, a reminder that the developers of "smart cities" shouldn't make the consent of the governed an afterthought, more progress on legislative transparency in Virginia, confirming widespread removal of climate change from federal websites, a report that the Trump Organization quietly cashes in some investments, automating Washington, and much more. Please send us your tips, news, analysis, new data releases, and events at todayinopengov@sunlightfoundation.com.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: A pork free diet
In today's edition, Washington considers bringing pork back into its diet, President Trump opens up on immigration, the USDA looks into a controversial data change, controversial surveillance legislation gets a vote, and much more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Oppressive
In today's edition, President Trump picks up a dubious honor, outside money starts to flow into the midterm elections, Little Rock explores open data, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Challenging times
In today's edition, we consider potential challenges to open government from emerging technology, the Virginia General Assembly takes a long awaited step towards transparency, the Kushners get closer to Israeli investors, French President Macron's fake news take is debated, and more.
Continue reading8 challenges for open government posed by emerging technology
Governments will confront fresh challenges posed by emerging technologies in 2018, making sense of how sunshine laws should adjust to novel context. Here are eight areas that the press, public and governments have asked us about in recent months, with thoughts about how lawmakers and regulators should adjust.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Cease and desist
In today's edition, we explore how the Trump administration has changed online access to public information in its first year, the FCC finalizes its net neutrality repeal, the DC Open Government Coalition calls out some questionable FOIA denials, and more.
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