Blog : Sunlight Foundation

Burris Steps In It

by Paul Blumenthal Feb 17, 2009 4:03 pm

Sen. Roland Burris revealed that, in contradiction to his sworn affidavit, he sought to raise money for Gov. Rod Blagojevich... View Article

Open Government Hackathon: Chicago, March 29-31

by James Turk

technology

Feb 17, 2009 1:12 pm

Sunlight Labs is proud to be hosting the first ever Open Government Hackathon, March 29-31 in Chicago as part of PyCon.

This will be a 48 hour sprint where developers that are interested in contributing to an open source project that will free or otherwise enhance government data can gather to brainstorm and hack on various projects related to government data.

OGE Issues First Memo on Obama Ethics Order

by Paul Blumenthal Feb 17, 2009 12:57 pm

The first executive order filed by President Obama (Executive Order 13490) imposed strict new rules restricting lobbyists from entering the... View Article

2/9-2/13 Top Sunlight Blog Posts

by Paul Blumenthal Feb 14, 2009 3:11 pm

1) Sunlight’s call for the stimulus bill to be posted online for 72 hours, “We Need Online Review of Stimulus... View Article

Political Influence in Bailout to be Investigated

by Paul Blumenthal Feb 13, 2009 4:36 pm

Numerous outlets have reported, and catalogued here, that political influence – campaign contributions, lobbying – has been part and parcel... View Article

Some Stimulus Links

by Paul Blumenthal Feb 13, 2009 3:12 pm

According to various sources, the final stimulus bill (in the form of the conference report) was made publicly availabe last... View Article

Political Influence Slows Action

by Paul Blumenthal Feb 13, 2009 2:57 pm

The idea that overt political influence by large organizations like the banking industry, and the larger financial services industry, has,... View Article

Rangel-ing the Campaign Cash

by Bill Allison

investigations

Feb 12, 2009 10:26 pm

My colleague Nancy Watzman flags a fundraising flier from Rep. Charles Rangel, who held a Valentine's Day fundraiser this morning hosted by tax and accounting specialists Ernst & Young (nothing says Valentine's quite like a firm involved in the U.S. tax shelter industry).