Susie Adams, Microsoft’s federal civilian and IGO chief technology officer, writing at Future Fed, the blog of Microsoft’s federal division,... View Article
Continue readingTrack the Bailout on Subsidyscope
Starting today, the Subsidyscope Web site tries to bring a little order to the government’s bewildering economic rescue effort. A... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Lab Report 2009.02
You probably heard a new President was inaugurated this past week and that his first memo from the White House was about TRANSPARENCY. (Yhaaa.) We were back in our Lab coats nevertheless. Here's what happened last week at Sunlight Labs.
Continue readingCJR’s Transparency Package
Throughout this month, the Columbia Journalism Review has been rolling out a transparency package, which Sunlight helped to support. There... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Labs Reimagines USA.gov
Ali Felski of Sunlight Labs has created a truly amazing reimagining and redesigning of USA.gov, the chief portal to the... View Article
Continue readingRethinking usa.gov

With Obama in the President’s seat now, and many new people coming into the vast executive branch, they now have an opportunity to revisit their presence on the web and explore the possibilities of getting the American people more interested and more informed about what their government is doing. The hub for all this information is a site known as usa.gov.
Continue readingSen.-Designee Gillibrand’s Transparency Record
Today, New York Governor David Paterson appointed Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat. Gillibrand has, from day... View Article
Continue readingThoughts on Patent Office Transparency
It’s fascinating that so many people are offering suggestions for implementing President Obama’s memorandum on government transparency for various agencies. ... View Article
Continue readingDear Inspector General Barofsky
This morning a letter was sent by numerous organization recommending Whistleblower protection initiatives to enhance accountability Emergency Economic Stabilization Act... View Article
Continue readingFBI Raids Murtha Linked Defense Firm
The FBI and the IRS raided a defense contractor heavily linked to Rep. John Murtha as part of an ongoing... View Article
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