Denver, CO–I’m watching political ads airing on television news every morning here in the swing state of Colorado and following... View Article
Continue readingContractor Super PAC Alaskans Standing Together backs Murkowski
Alaskans Standing Together, a Super PAC that takes unlimited contributions from any source, raised $805,000 in contributions from nine federal contractors, all of them Alaska Native corporations, and is spending its money—$595,000 so far—to support the state's incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Murkowski, known for bringing back federal money to Alaska, lost the Republican primary to Joe Miller and is waging a write-in campaign to retain her seat.
In a press release by NANA Regional Corporation, one of the donors to Alaskans Standing Together, the company acknowledges her record of "securing funding for [. . .] infrastructure improvements" and ...
Continue readingThe Coward’s Argument Against Transparency
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat... View Article
Continue readingCelebrating 100 GitHub Projects
Last week we hit a milestone that we're pretty proud of. The Sunlight Labs github account now features more than 100 projects. We've been putting projects on the account for just under 2 years, which makes for a rate of about one new project a week.
We thought it'd be interesting to look at a breakdown of our projects on GitHub, to look at the work that has been done in the last two years.
Also, because we realize that there's no way we'd be where we are without help from this wide range of contributors who have submitted code, forked our projects, and submitted tickets we've decided to offer a small prize in exchange for your help.
Continue readingMine Safety and the Story of Openness
The challenge in working for government transparency is that you are always working against its opposite: opacity. What we don’t... View Article
Continue readingDaily Disclosures
A roundup of what we’re noticing in the Reporting Group as we dig into government data and disclosures: Another fat... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Blogger Round-up: Exposed overpaid government employees and more…
This week’s round-up highlights some major issues affecting state transparency from the East Coast to the Pacific. Here is a... View Article
Continue readingFix Congress’ Personal Financial Disclosures
A Wall Street Journal investigative report revealed yesterday that at least 72 hill staffers “traded shares of companies that their... View Article
Continue readingUnemployment Rate for September Remains the Same, or Does it?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Friday that the national unemployment rate for September will go unchanged this month... View Article
Continue readingSwing State Confidential: Colorado
Denver, Colorado–Ah, life in a swing state. With several important races in play, we Coloradans are getting blasted with a... View Article
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