The 112th Congress is about to formally begin, and the Senate may face a number of procedural questions at its... View Article
Continue readingLooking Back on 2010
It's been a busy year in the Labs. In a few days we'll filter back into the office, rested, recharged and ready to tackle 2011. But before then, let's take a second to recall everything that happened in 2010.
I should start with the most important stuff: the people. We added a bunch of new teammates this year. Andrew, Chris, Alison, Caitlin and Aaron have all proven to be great additions to Sunlight; we're lucky to have them. We also had some folks move around within the Labs. Ali officially became Sunlight's Creative Director; Ethan took over the Data Commons Project; and Kevin grabbed the helm of Subsidyscope. And I stepped into Clay's shoes partway through the year when he struck off in search of a new adventure.
We put all that new talent to good use: in 2010 we built a ton of stuff. Here are some -- but by no means all -- of the the things we made this year:
Continue readingThe Year in Sunlight: 2010
As we wind down the year, I want to take this moment to thank all of you wholeheartedly for your... View Article
Continue reading2010 in Policy
Throughout 2010, Sunlight’s issues have sat at the core of our national politics. In January of last year, the Open... View Article
Continue readingComparing the Old and New House Rules
Earlier today I wished for a redlined version of the House Rules so we could see how the proposed 112th... View Article
Continue readingAwareness changes the public discussion of government employee salaries in Nevada
Our outreach to open government activists is spreading nationwide. This time our guest blogger is Eric Davis. Davis is a... View Article
Continue readingLooking back at 2010
Hard to believe that a year that began with the Reporting Team analyzing and critiquing federal data released under the administration's Open Government Initiative ended with our pursuit of political organizations that do not disclose campaign donors. In between, we continued to publish the only resource for tracking congressional campaign fundraising, Party Time, updated our Foreign Lobbying Influence Tracker, delved into Recovery.gov data and earmark disclosures, and, with the help of our friends at the Center for Public Integrity, identified dozens of high value federal data sets that government agencies have not released.
The Data Mine project delved ...
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Open Atrium
Today, our guest post is written by Joshua Gay, a programmer, activist, and community organizer whose interests revolve around technology,... View Article
Continue readingTax laws may result in more advertising from post-Citizens United groups in 2011
One week ago, immediately prior to the votes on the tax cut deal reached between President Barack Obama and congressional... View Article
Continue readingThe Proposed House Rules Package for the 112th Congress
House Republicans have published their proposed rules package for the 112th Congress here. It includes the bill that would instantiate... View Article
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