Last week was busy and exciting here at Sunlight as we marked another successful Sunshine Week. It was a great... View Article
Continue readingJoin us for a Twitter chat on FOIA
Happy Sunshine Week! The FOIA-rich week may be winding down but there are plenty of events still lined up. Tomorrow,... View Article
Continue readingForeign Lobbying Discussion on CSPAN’s Washington Journal
Today’s Washington Journal focused on foreign lobbying and the role that former government officials and K Street firms play in... View Article
Continue readingOpen Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice
A new book from O’Reilly media, entitled Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice, discusses the possible ways government can utilize the power of citizen engagement to become more efficient and transparent.
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – May 1, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this week:... View Article
Continue readingBank Employees Stop Giving to Campaigns?
Here’s a man bites dog story. The Washington Independent has reported that banker employees have turned off the cash spigot... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – April 17, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this week:... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – April 13, 2009
Each weekday, Sunlight’s communications team collects all the press mentions of Sunlight and of our grantees. Instead of just keeping... View Article
Continue readingBill Allison on the Bridge to Nowhere
Sunlight’s Bill Allison was on Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN last night discussing the Bridge to Nowhere and the votes... View Article
Continue readingVisualizing Correspondence
Bill wonders what words turn up most frequently in the subject lines of letters members write most frequently about to the Office of the Secretary of Defense? Al Qaeda? Military contracts? National Guard? Body Armor? Not wanting to let our Labs' team have all the fun, he jumps onto the visualization bandwagon.
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