Changes to Web content can be especially confusing and opaque to the public when agencies don’t proactively document and explain how and why they change their websites. By clearly laying out how agencies are managing Web resources and changing websites using this classification system, our goal is to inform the public and lawmakers, gain insight into better systems for digital resource management, and provide information that can help keep our government accountable.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Probing questions
Do you like our coverage of open data at the city level? Well, Sunlight's Open Cities team is launching a brand new newsletter that might be right up your alley. Dedicated to understanding how to use open data to solve community problems, the newsletter will explore everything from the nuts and bolts of publishing data online to how to formalize open data procedures and how to put it all into use. The open cities team will be sharing the ideas and resources designed for small- and mid-sized cities interested in making open data a bigger part of their toolkit. Sound good? You can learn more and sign up for the newsletter, which we'll be sending out about twice a month, right here. Once you've done that, you can read on for your daily dose of open government news from Washington, DC, around the United States, and across the globe.
Continue readingA new newsletter about the intersection of cities and open data
Understanding how to use open data to meaningfully empower communities and tackle urban problems is not easy. Sunlight’s Open Cities team is dedicated to taking on this challenge. We’re launching a new newsletter to share the work we are doing to explore these questions alongside city halls throughout the county.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: If you give a lobbyist a room on Capitol Hill…
In today's edition, federal Inspectors General team up to boost access to information, the fate of a strong campaign finance law rests on the pen of California's governor, President Trump's cabinet might not be over its charter plane controversy, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Finding out What Works in three new cities
In today's edition, we welcome five new cities to the What Works Cities initiative, keep our eye on the potential tax reform-related lobbying boon, highlight open data boosting efforts in Singapore, wave goodbye to Tom Price, and much more.
Continue readingKicking off new open cities work in Baton Rouge, Cary, and Winston-Salem
Five new cities joined the What Works Cities project this week. We’re excited to start our work with three of them.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Opportunities to engage
Today, we're wrapping up a busy week with opportunities for civic engagement, the latest on Trump Cabinet officials and their love of charter flights, Facebook's 2011 fight against ad disclosure, campaign finance news out of Brazil and Mexico, and quick hits from across the open government world.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Lobbyists swarm to DC swamp to dine on tax blueprint
In today's edition, we continue to spread the word on Tactical Data Engagement, lobbyists are making moves in Washington, HHS Secretary Tom Price continues his bumpy ride, and much more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: The price is flight
In today's edition, we urge Twitter to step up and disclose its political ad file, lament a decision that will make it more difficult to prosecute public corruption in the United States, take note of the White House's affirmed commitment to open data for economic outcomes and "operational transparency," and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: But their emails.
In today's edition, we continue to track the White House's use of personal email for public business, Buffalo, NY embraces open data, outside groups are increasingly outgunning candidates, and more.
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