Sunlight is absolutely delighted to announce that Mitch Kapor has joined the Sunlight Foundation’s board of advisors. Mitch’s list of... View Article
Continue readingGovernment’s Embrace of Social Networking
PBS’ MediaShift has an interesting post by Mark Drapeau where he makes a compelling argument for how government could and... View Article
Continue readingWaiting for fine print on earmark requests…
Over on Sunlight's grown up blog, I noted this Roll Call story on new earmark disclosures that the chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees agreed to. Looking at the Gavel Blog of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, it appears that the disclosures may be less than meets the eye. Taking the new rules in order...
Posting Requests Online: To offer more opportunity for public scrutiny of member requests, members will be required to post information on their earmark requests on their websites at the time the request is made explaining the purpose of the earmark and why it ...Continue reading
Radical Earmark Transparency?
Roll Call is reporting that Inouye and Obey, the Chairs of the House and Senate appropriations committees, are implementing what... View Article
Continue readingStimulus Bill To Go Web 2.0?
People have been clamoring for more transparency in the presentation of bills since the TARP recovery program was shoved through... View Article
Continue readingA History of Congressional Transparency
Over the course of two-hundred twenty years Congress has gradually opened their inner workings to public inspection. From the opening... View Article
Continue readingInouye, Obey Promise Earmark Reforms
Roll Call is reporting that Rep. David Obey and Sen. Daniel Inouye, the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations... View Article
Continue readingFederal CTO Wishlist
Obama’s promise to appoint a federal CTO has created a frenzy of speculation, especially among those concerned with privacy, security,... View Article
Continue readingHow the FEC Can Do It Better
Last month, the Federal Election Commission invited the public to participate in a January 14th hearing on how the agency... View Article
Continue readingTwo Transparency Bills Already On-Tap for New Congress
Congress has barely begun and there are already two bills up for debate this week that have been topics of... View Article
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