It's looking extremely likely that Congress will take up debate of six massive appropriations (read: "spending") bills this week by combining them into one big omnibus bill and trying to pass them all at once. Assuming that does indeed come to pass, it's imperative that the House and Senate allow members of Congress, the media, and the public the necessary time to understand how our money is to be spent by putting the entire omnibus bill online for at least 72 hours before it's debated.
Continue readingOpen Government Directive Link Round-up
Nancy Scola’s live-blogging of the release. OMB Watch’s take. Steven Aftergood from the Federal of American Scientists. National Security Archive’s... View Article
Continue readingThe Open Government Directive for Developers
This morning Aneesh Chopra, the Federal CTO and Vivek Kundra, the Federal CIO announced the Open Government Directive-- and while many have covered what's in it and what agencies must do over the next year to adhere to it, we wanted to talk about what it means to our core audience-- developers.
There are four things that you should know about:
Continue readingA Sneak Peek at Cabinet Department Open Government Projects
In the news coverage over the President’s Open Government Directive, two stories being overlooked are the release of an “Open... View Article
Continue readingOpen Government Directive Timelines
This morning, the White House released the Open Government Directive, which John explains here. I’ve gone through the Directive (rather... View Article
Continue readingWhite House Publishes Open Government Directive
The White House has just released the Open Government Directive. In a livestreamed chat, blogpost, and document online, the White... View Article
Continue readingThe Open Government Directive is Coming
While I'm a developer, not a historian, today may very well be the most significant day in the history of opening our government. On the second day of his term Barack Obama requested key members of his staff to create the "open government directive." That directive is the administration's plan for creating a more transparent, participatory and collaborative government. And it gets unveiled at 11am. We'll be covering it at http://sunlightfoundation.com/opengovernmentdirective/. Join us.
We'll also be playing with Google Wave while we're at it. If you're interested in watching us Wave the OGD, search for public waves tagged OGD.
Continue readingVisualizing Twitter’s Political Zeitgeist
Back in mid-November, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the kickoff of Medialab Prado’s Visualizar ’09 event... View Article
Continue readingWhite House to Announce Open Government Directive
from the White House (via email) THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2009... View Article
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1) Former New York Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno was convicted on two counts of corruption and faces up to... View Article
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