In today's edition, we keep up with the latest efforts to reform online political ad disclosure, track President Trump's campaign fundraising efforts, share lessons that city planning can teach about open data, and more.
Continue readingReduced online access to federal scientific information is diminishing democracy
Originally posted on the UCS Equation On Monday, Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced his long awaited... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Progress on Vision Zero
Happy Friday the 13th! We hope it's not a day of ill luck for you and yours. Today, we look at Vision Zero, where data is a key tool in the fight against traffic fatalities, highlight Trevor Timm's piece responding to President Trump's latest attacks on the press, call attention to the need for funding boost for the U.S. Census Bureau, and much more.
Continue readingWhat city planning taught me about open data
Every day I work with cities to make government data more open and available to the public. I am not a data scientist or analyst, though – I'm a city planner. This is how my background in making cities better has helped my thinking about participatory urbanism and approach to opening data.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: New threats to press freedom
Good morning! In today's edition, we decry the latest threat to press freedom by the president of the United States, check in on the state of Trumplandia, take a look at the state of affordable housing in DC, start to get excited for Global Legislative Openness Week, and much more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Is underfunding putting federal statistics at risk?
Before we dive into today's top open government news, we would like to share a great opportunity to engage. Our friends at MuckRock are looking for feedback as they think about the future. We urge you to consider taking their survey, which should take 15 minutes and include questions applicable to readers of the MuckRock blog, regular users of their FOI services, or anyone who supports their work in other ways. Once you've done that, read on for today's look at open government news.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Protesting protests
“It appears that the entire trip to attend the game was designed in order for Vice President Pence to walk out,” said John Wonderlich. “When there are issues in the country that are going on that are so serious, it seems so strange for presidential attention and public funds to be used to weigh in on the actions of private citizens in the NFL,” Wonderlich told CBS News. Read on for the rest of the day's open government news...
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: A flood of money in local politics
In today's edition, we round up a raft of recent stories on the intersection of money and politics, share updates on some news from the Trump administration, highlight a bombshell report on domestic spying conducted by the Treasury department, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Is FEMA heading down a memory hole?
In today's edition, we lament that $90,000 in a freezer might not be enough for a corruption conviction any more, the Secret Service isn't tracking presidential visitors to Mar-a-Lago, local investigative reporting is getting a boost, Brazil takes a questionable step towards public financing of elections, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: ICE melts over Personally Identifiable Information
In today's edition, the POLITICO reporters who uncovered Tom Price's pricey travel explain how they did it, we share a new way to classify web content alterations, San Francisco balances open data with privacy, Ryan Zinke faces scrutiny for mixing politics with official business, and more.
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