After the success of our earmark campaigns, I've been working with the enthusiastic folks at OpenGovernmentNYC to help them launch a campaign of their own. Recently, they obtained from the NYC government a 169-page paper copy of the 1993 NYC Data Directory, bulk scanned it into a big PDF, and asked for help in digitizing it.
Visit the campaign and read Philip Ashlock's blog post to read a little more about why OpenGovNYC wants your help:
Update the NYC Public Data Directory
And if you're around NYC, consider going to one of their meetups - these guys are for serious.
Continue readingThe Visualization Prize Goes To
With Apps for America 2 we wanted to give a special prize to the best visualization. Part of the reson why is because we think that building up the art community inside of Sunlight Labs is a priority and just as important to our mission as the development community. The other reason is because the only way to make big data accessible to people is often by presenting simple, easy to understand visualizations.
Continue readingRemembering Ted Kennedy, Internet Pioneer
Sad news that Sen. Ted Kennedy has passed away from brain cancer. Kennedy was not just a prolific legislator and... View Article
Continue readingRangel releases do-over financial disclosure
When it comes to financial disclosure, the second time, apparently, is the charm for House Ways and Means chairman Charles Rangel. Real Time reported last February 28 separate instances in which Rangel had failed to disclose his ownership, purchase or sale of assets stretching back to 1979; CQ reports today that Rangel has filed an amended financial disclosure form that includes "hundreds of thousands of dollars in previously unreported assets":
Among the new items on Rangel's amended 2007 financial disclosure report were an account at the Congressional Federal Credit Union worth at least $250,000, land in southern New ...Continue reading
Daschle: Shadow Secretary & Health Care Lobbyist?
Despite his withdrawal from consideration for the Health and Human Services (HHS) cabinet position, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle... View Article
Continue readingRedesigning the FCC: Getting Organized
There has been a lot of great discussion on our blog and in our google group regarding how to redesign the FCC website as part of our redesigning the government series. But instead of moving straight into the design I thought it might be beneficial to explore how we might organize the content of the FCC site by sharing with them, and other government agencies a tool on how to think through it.
Continue readingApps for America: The Finalists
And then there were three. After 47 great entries, we have three finalists in the Apps for America contest, and now it is time for us to figure out the winners. After taking a look at the winners, there's instructions on how to vote at the end of the post. The finalists are in random order:
Continue readingThe Apps for America Finalists
And then there were three. After 47 great entries, we have three finalists in the Apps for America contest, and now it is time for us to figure out the winners. After taking a look at the winners, there's instructions on how to vote at the end of the post. The finalists are in random order:
Continue readingThis Week in Transparency – August 21, 2009
Here are some of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and allies over the past week:... View Article
Continue readingWhat am I reading today?
The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) reviewed all 50 state formulas for disclosing stimulus contracts and found that New Hampshire... View Article
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