It turns out that there were visitor logs at Mar-a-Lago after all. Read on for that discovery and other open government stories, including a Latin American anti-corruption wave, calls for more transparency at ICE, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: This is actually about ethics in government
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Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Chatbotanooga
Yesterday, Hilary Niles shared the details behind our Trump Conflicts of Interest Project, "a resource the Sunlight Foundation has built with the public and the press." We're looking to keep updating the database and making it more useful, but for that we need your help. Read the post on the Sunlight Foundation blog to learn more and get involved. Read on for more on Trump's conflicts, plus all of the latest open government news from Washington, DC and the rest of the United States.
Continue readingHow we’re tracking President Trump’s conflicts of interest
We've built a comprehensive database of President Donald J. Trump's potential conflicts of interest. Now, we hope you'll help us improve and monitor his unprecedented monetization of the presidency and enduring foreign and domestic entanglements.
Continue readingWord gets around: Chattanooga adopts Facebook chatbot for open data
Inspired by Kansas City’s experiment with a Facebook "chatbot" for open data, Chattanooga has now made their own. This is a great example of how open cities can learn from one another, adopting and adapting innovative tools for their own communities.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Will “Calibri” bring down a world leader?
In today's edition, we reaffirm our commitment to Net Neutrality, the Trump administration makes claims about their transparency that they probably can't back up, Brazil continues to deal with corruption issues, and politicians are preparing for a number of big money gubernatorial races next year.
Continue readingWhy we support net neutrality and the open Internet
We don’t want to see the Internet, the greatest platform for collective action in human history, be turned into a cable box. Countries should enact strong net neutrality laws and regulations.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Donald Trump Jr. was Russian for dirt on Hillary
Read on for the latest on revelations around Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer, plus the rest of the day's open government news from around the world including a key resignation at the State Department, a push for surveillance reforms, an open records win in New Jersey, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Something in the Wray he moves
In today's look at open government news from around Washington, the United States, and the globe we focus on the lack of transparency in healthcare negotiations on the hill, the President's "voter fraud" commission, Pennsylvania's police body camera program, and much more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Kid pro quo
Good morning from Washington, where we're seeing the familiar news cycle of morning tweets from President Donald J. Trump about today's headlines. In a statement on Twitter, presumably responding to a story in The Hill reporting that former FBI Director's memoranda describing his meetings with Trump contained classified information, the president said "James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!" We expect to learn more about what was "so illegal" – or not – in the first months of the Trump administration in the months ahead. Read on for news from over the weekend, including our take on that story, more reporting conflicts, the Congressional war on expertise, an NYPD attempt to block a surveillance transparency law, and much more.
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