Today in #OpenGov, we push for Congressional Research Service reports to be made public, argue for stronger congressional oversight on executive branch transparency, leverage FOIA to explore Arizona's prisons, and more...
Continue readingCongressional oversight needed to bring secret ethics waivers to light
On Friday, the Office of Government Ethics requested documentation of ethics waivers issued from all federal agencies in a memorandum.... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Congress loves data, Investigating Trump’s ethics waivers, and more…
Today in OpenGov, we investigate a threat to the Sunshine State's sunshine law, explore the wave of data focused legislation being introduced in Congress, try to find the waivers that President Trump has granted to his ethics pledge, and more...
Continue readingWhen it comes to pending legislation, Congress loves data
A breakdown of how and where data comes up in legislation in the 115th Congress, including a partial list of bills Sunlight supports.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Congressmen try to preserve data, journalists collaborate to open FEC data, and more…
Today in OpenGov, California develops a state-wide water data portal, Washington prepares for upcoming DATA act deadlines, news nerds combine their powers against PDFs, Brazil finds a colorful way to fight corruption, and more...
Continue readingNew bill would preserve public access to public data online
The Preserving Data in Government Act speaks to a matter of of heightened public interest in the spring 2017, as open government data has been removed from the Internet during the Trump administration. We hope Congress passes it.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Useful government data, Trump gets an F for transparency, and more…
Today in OpenGov, we ask how government data can be truly useable, keep up on the latest news around the Trump's and transparency, follow a Russian protest movement, and more…
Continue readingTwo years of What Works Cities, HHS saves hundreds of millions of dollars with data, and more…
Today in OpenGov, we look back at the progress made during the first two years of the What Works Cities partnership, examine how HHS is using data to save huge sums, share our concern about the Justice Department's efforts to keep some data closed, and more...
Continue readingToward more open, data-driven cities
Sharing our progress on the What Works Cities initiative, two years in.
Continue readingState watchdogs face challenges monitoring threats to open records laws
State and local government watchdogs around the United States face major challenges keeping up proposed changes to public records laws in state legislatures.
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