This past fall’s national election was historic and groundbreaking in so many ways. Add the public’s unprecedented use of the... View Article
Continue readingRedesigning the Government: Data.gov
One thing we’ve been most excited about here at the Sunlight Foundation is the concept of Data.gov. Due later this year, new federal CIO Vivek Kundra will release a new central repository for government data and research. And while in this series we traditionally re-design federal websites, we thought we’d actually take the opportunity to design data.gov right off the bat to show you all what we’d like to see happen.
Continue readingEthics Office Opens 10 Investigations
The Office of Congressional Ethics, a semi-independent office that conducts preliminary investigations of ethics violation in the House, released its... View Article
Continue readingFEC Backs Electronic Filing
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) recently released their 2009 legislative priorities and right at the top of their list is... View Article
Continue readingOpenSecrets.org Opens 20 Years Worth of Campaign Finance Data
In big news on the government data and transparency front, the premier provider of federal campaign finance information, Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), have announced they are opening for bulk download 20 years worth of data used to power their web site OpenSecrets.org. More than 200 million records are being made available of itemized contributions, campaign spending, lobbying, personal finance, and sponsored travel. CRP began tracking campaign contributions in the late 1980s. Their stats and staff are trusted and quoted by the Media as the gold standard reference. The opening of the OpenSecrets.org underlying archive of bulk, standardized and industry-coded data is a seminal event for transparency and Web 2.0 political data.
Continue readingPro Publica tracks the bailout
Maybe it has something to do with today being tax day -- Pro Publica launches a very cool Eye on the Bailout Continue reading
Better links to earmark requests…
...available here.
Continue readingAgencies Begin to Post Recovery Lobbying Contacts
Some executive branch agencies are beginning to post lobbyist communications as required by the March 20th White House memorandum on... View Article
Continue readingFind the 14 Missing Earmark Disclosures
Help us find the final 46 14!* The 111th Congress adopted new rules last January that require all members of... View Article
Continue readingStimulus Lobbying Disclosure Order: No legal problems
The last month has brought major changes in lobbyists’ interactions with the government and the American people’s ability to learn... View Article
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