Here’s a man bites dog story. The Washington Independent has reported that banker employees have turned off the cash spigot... View Article
Continue readingMeeting Becomes Example for Lobbyist Contact Disclosure
Recently, the White House and a trio of groups — American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Citizens for Responsibility in Washington... View Article
Continue readingStill waiting for FOIA reforms to surface
Roger Strother writes at OMB Watch's Fine Print blog about the latest noise coming out of the Office of Information Policy about the "sea change in the way transparency is viewed across the government." That sea change is supposed to lift a lot of FOIA requests that, unlike boats, seem to sink the bottom with incredible rapidity, then burrow down into the muck at the bottom. We've found that the only way to surface those FOIA requests is the application of vigorous effort (including regularly calling FOIA officers to make sure they haven't forgotten us). Waiting--for months ...
Continue readingThoughts on a Lord of Finance’s Schedule
If ever we saw the fruits, and possibilities, of disclosure and transparency, it is in this New York Times profile... View Article
Continue readingA Look Back on Contested Senate Elections
The U.S. Senate Historical Office just released a history of disputed elections that were reviewed by the Senate. This comprehensive... View Article
Continue readingOpen Government at RailsConf
This year's RailsConf is going to have a real Open Government presence. If you're attending RailsConf in Vegas this year, there are a couple of events on Tuesday that should interest you.
Continue readingAre(“R”) You a visualizer?
Yesterday, I posted a bit about how data.gov shouldn't focus on data visualizations, but rather providing clean reliable data to citizens. But what this means is that we as a non-government community really need to start thinking about how to do visualizations when that data becomes available. Right now we're asking a lot of questions about data visualizations inside the Sunlight Offices that need to be shared with the wider Labs community:
- Should we hire somebody that does good data visualizations full time?
- Should we have a contest for best data visualization?
- What kinds of data visualizations would be successful in our field?
In order to kick off the discussion with the larger group, I want to gauge response from the wider design and visualization community and see what kind of people are out there. So I'm asking that if you're interested in working on the visualization and design side of things rather than the application and coding side of things that you fill out the form below.
Continue readingThe Rule of Rules
If you’ve been following the Real Time Investigations hunt for House lawmaker earmark disclosures you probably already know that many... View Article
Continue readingEPA Administrator Promises Transparency, Engagement
In an internal memorandum to all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson pronounced a commitment to transparency... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – April 24, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this week:... View Article
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