Over the weekend, Charles Savage at The New York Times had an important article on how President Obama’s use of... View Article
Continue readingKicking off Sunlight’s Transparency Camp West
Transparency Camp is an un-conference designed to convene a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent and meaningfully accessible to the public.
Continue readingApp for America Deadline a few hours away
We're having an exciting time watching great apps come in -- some great stuff! Remember, get your apps in before midnight pacific time today if you want to qualify! As they come in, we're going to vet them and make sure they qualify for the basic rules of the contest, then open it up for judging by our judges over the weekend.
The entries look great so far!
Continue readingThis Week in Transparency – August 7, 2009
Here are some of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and allies over the past week:... View Article
Continue readingDodd, Conrad Cleared of Ethics Violations In Countrywide VIP Case
The Senate Ethics Committee released two letters (Dodd, Conrad) today clearing Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad of ethics violations... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Remarks Before the FCC
Sunlight’s John Wonderlich gave remarks before the Federal Communication Commission yesterday. I’m posting his full remarks below: 8/6/09 — Remarks... View Article
Continue readingThe $333 Million Grant That Wasn’t
To understand how maddeningly inaccurate data on USAspending.gov can be, one need look no further than the $333 million grant that was awarded last year to Dynamic Research Inc. of Torrance, Calif., by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In fact, a Dynamic Research employee told us, the vehicle R-and-D firm is not expecting a third of a billion dollars from NHTSA. The grant is more like $1 million for research on advanced crash-avoidance technology. But the casual user of USAspending.gov, maintained by the Office of Management and Budget, would have no way of knowing this.
The problem ...
Continue readingLocal Sunlight 8/6/09
Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
Continue readingQuick Links in the Morning
CQ Politics reports that health care related PACs accounted for the top or second highest source of contributions for 15... View Article
Continue readinguscode.house.gov RFP deadline extended
This is awesome: the folks over at uscode.house.gov agreed to extend their RFP deadline by one week to August 18th. If you were thinking about getting a team together to create a bid, now you've got a bit of breathing room.
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