The Center for Open Data Enterprise’s “Open Data Action Plan.” The Center for Open Data Enterprise released the Open Data... View Article
Continue readingThe local projects that are making police complaint data open and accessible
Police complaint data can fuel transparency — here are the local projects that are leading the way.
Continue readingFrom Anchorage to Little Rock, cities commit to opening up police data
Little Rock, Ark., and Anchorage, Alaska, recently announced their participation in the Police Data Initiative.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Debates done, voting begins and radical transparency looms large
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve been busy since our last digest, with most of our staff traveling out to Cleveland for TransparencyCamp... View Article
Continue readingA Democratic outside group finally outspent Jeb Bush’s big-money super PAC
For the first time, Donald Trump is actually getting hit by a strong opposition super PAC campaign.
Continue readingEveryCRSReport.com makes taxpayer-funded research freely available to the public
With EveryCRSReport.com, taxpayer-funded research is now available to the public in an accessible way.
Continue readingDepartment of Veterans Affairs commits to restoring data and a new open government plan
After directly engaging with the agency, we're glad to share today that the VA will be taking steps to increase transparency after Sunlight pointed out the agency's flagging openness record.
Continue readingFork our unconference: Open sourcing TransparencyCamp
We’re happy to announce that we’ve now added these to GitHub. Just like our tech tools, it’s open source — go ahead and fork it!
Continue readingHow much gun violence occurs in your congressional district?
The Gun Violence Archive’s new "Congressional Reports" tool allows us to get the information we really need in order to thoughtfully analyze firearms in America.
Continue readingHow we’re wrapping up Sunlight Labs in the open
For the past few weeks, we’ve been hard at work wrapping up Sunlight Labs. Here's how we're keeping it open and sustainable.
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