In today's edition, we attempt to trace the web of accountability surrounding President Trump's conflicts, pressure is growing for more transparency around sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, how one small-town newspaper reacted to fake news coming out of its community, Nordic countries gather to talk open data, and much more.
Continue readingThis #GivingTuesday, let the sunshine in
If you value the work Sunlight has done to open government this year, we hope that you'll consider donating to us directly, or shopping on AmazonSmile, where you can support us as you go about your holiday shopping.
Continue readingA web of accountability for Trumpian conflicts
As Sunlight continues to catalogue conflicting presidential conflicts of interests, we’re driven by a collaborative vision that includes amplifying the great accountability reporting we see on social media and on our blog to bring attention to major developments. Here are some of the projects we’re tracking. If you notice something we’re missing, please let us know at conflicts@sunlightfoundation.com.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: How the food lobby started to turn sour
In today's edition, a food fight inside the grocery lobby, a leadership fight at the CFPB, competing to map park data in Dublin, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Sharing is caring
In today's edition, Mike Flynn stops sharing, Yochai Benkler looks at the Honest Ads Act, Stephen Larrick explains how to boost open data impact, mySociety wants open political data for all, and much more.
Continue readingThe Honest Ads Act would be a “valuable step in normalizing the status of political ads online”
The Honest Ads Act is the first significant legislative effort to address the new challenges of network propaganda, writes Harvard Law School professor Yochai Benkler, who sits on Sunlight's advisory board.
Continue readingIncrease the social impact of open data with user personas
Understanding who uses open data and how helps city staff share public information in ways that are most likely to result in social impact. At “Designing for Community Use," our workshop on the What Works Cities on Tour, we helped city officials brainstorm potential users of open data, develop personas, and then use those personas to design improvements to how city halls disclose information.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Giving thanks for White House visitor logs
In today's edition, ProPublica and Property of the People got a hold of White House visitor records from the first year of the Trump administration, investigations abound in Washington, fake news can be a life or death matter in Myanmar, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Dissolving foundations
In today's edition, the Trump Foundation meets its end, the FCC plans to roll back net neutrality, now is the time to suggest improvements to the U.S. City Open Data Census, and more. Meanwhile, Sunlight is at the Open Government Partnership's summit for the Americas in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sunlight's deputy director Alex Howard will be discussing the importance of open civic space, while open cities analyst Katya Abazajian will be speaking on open government in cities.
Continue readingChanges are coming to the U.S. City Open Data Census
The U.S. City Open Data Census is an ongoing, crowdsourced measure of the current state of access to open datasets... View Article
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