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Today in OpenGov: Bills, bills, bills.

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In today's edition, how a Trump-branded project in Panama became a money laundering machine, who signed on to cosponsor the Honest Ads Act, how open city data can help promote justice, what a corruption scandal means for upcoming elections in Costa Rica, and more.  

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How opening city data can support racial justice

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Cities collect, store, analyze and disclose many different kinds of government data that are critical to understanding and addressing social inequality and racial justice. Advocates for equity can and must do more to demand more transparency from local authorities by working with cities to open up, close information gaps in their communities, and end data poverty.

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Today in OpenGov: Sunshine coming to Kansas?

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In today's edition, we celebrate the House's passage of important open government legislation, lawmakers call for more sunshine in Kansas, the Trump Administration discloses a report on the use of cyber vulnerabilities, and much more. 

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Today in OpenGov: The House in Sessions

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To start your morning off right, we recommend taking a look at our Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information, which are newly updated with links to OpenGovData.org, our open data policy resources, and much more.  Elsewhere in today's edition, Jeff Sessions talks to the House Judiciary Committee, ProPublica unearths potential conflicts at the USDA, we join 108 other organizations in support of open data and evidence-based policymaking, Kenya's democracy hangs in the balance, and more.

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Why we support using open data and evidence-based policymaking

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This bill represents an important endorsement open government data by the U.S. Congress. It is a milestone for the open movement, an important validation of this way of making public policy, and the fundamental principles of data-driven 21st century governance. In the weeks ahead, we hope the House and Senate act to make open government data the default in the United States as part of a broader commitment to evidence-based policy making in the federal government based upon that data.

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Tweets by @realDonaldTrump are official statements of the @POTUS, says Justice Department

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Listening and responding to members of the public that is a minimum expectation for public servants in any democratic state, whether those voices are raised in protest, petition, email, send letters or reply on social media. While there are practical challenges to making sense of millions of emails, tweets, call or letters, blocks that violate the First Amendment rights of the public are not the solution to filter failure.

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Today in OpenGov: Conflicted

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In today's edition, the Supreme Court tentatively steps into the 21st century, you really can't be too rich for conflicts of interest, media blackouts weigh on President Trump's Asia trip, and more. 

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