Sunlight Foundation

The federal government gathers a massive amount of data and the Sunlight Foundation believes that the government’s policies should drive more transparency and public accountability. Agencies should proactively disclose what descriptions of all of their information, to enable the public to know what information agencies have, and to create better management for all the government’s data. A comprehensive collection of datasets and information systems will be an important step in enabling transparency decisions to be made in the public interest.

• Sunlight's Position

  • Open Data Creates Accountability

  • The Missing Open Data Policy

  • Open Data Executive Order Shows Path Forward

  • Dark Data: The importance of open inventories

• Projects

  • Guidelines for Open Data Policy

• Reporting

  • Sunlight Blog Posts on the Open Data Executive Order

  • Sunlight Blog Posts on Data Audits and Indexes

  • Reporting on the "Open Government Directive"

• Editorials

  • Cape Cod Times: Government transparency

• Articles

  • TechPresident: White House Rolls Out New Plan for Digital Government

    An article discussing the Open Government Directive with responses from a number of organizations including the Sunlight Foundation.