Since the Memorandum on FOIA and Government Transparency are not yet posted at WhiteHouse.gov, I thought I would post them... View Article
Continue readingPresident Obama Issues New Transparency Policies
(adapted from an Open House Project Google Group message) President Obama has stepped to the plate today, and addressed many... View Article
Continue readingTechnology Isn’t Ancillary or Extraneous
Jimmy Wales ,Wikipedia founder and Sunlight advisor, and Andrea Weckerle, attorney, communications consultant and blogger, wrote an interesting column last... View Article
Continue readingStimulus Bill Transparency
Sunlight’s Bill Allison was on Brian Lehrer Live discussing efforts to put the proposed stimulus bill online and in a... 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 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 readingAnd We’re Back
Happy New Year! The Sunlight blog is back after the holidays and here’s a look back at some stories we... View Article
Continue readingReal Times Clinton Foundation Donor Database
Bill Allison and Larry Makinson of Sunlight created a DabbleDB database of the Clinton Foundation donor list released yesterday. This... View Article
Continue readingA Word to the Wise
Here’s a possible object lesson for the new Obama Administration. Canada’s Democracy Watch says their federal government gets a D... View Article
Continue readingMany Eyes and Blago
Sunlight’s Bill Allison, at Real Time Investigations, links to a Many Eyes presentation of the Blagojevich criminal complaint. Looking at... View Article
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