Here are some of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and allies over the past week:... View Article
Continue readingPersonal Democracy Forum: We.gov
Personal Democracy Forum kicks off Monday in New York. This will be PDF’s sixth event, with this year’s theme being... View Article
Continue readingGrace and Brilliance Under Fire in Albany
The New York State Senate’s chief information officer Andrew Hoppin and his team have been making tremendous strides in opening... 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 readingTransparencyCamp Lives On
TransparencyCamp, the unconference event that iStrategyLabs and Sunlight co-sponsored two weekends ago, was a huge success. We made a highlight... View Article
Continue readingBev Godwin: A Great Appointment
As we wait for Obama to name his new CTO, some encouraging news on the federal IT front is breaking.... View Article
Continue readingA Craigslist for Service
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and Sunlight board member, has written a thoughtful piece on service and volunteerism for The... View Article
Continue readingBig News In Investigative Journalism
Craig sez: ProPublica launches. The site has some nice features: Scandal Watch, 7 different RSS feeds, and a nice “breaking... View Article
Continue readingFull Frontal Scrutiny
Consumer Reports WebWatch and the Center for Media and Democracy (our partners on Congresspedia) joined forces to launch Full Frontal Scrutiny, a blog-driven, wiki-based site dedicated to exposing fake, corporate-funded front groups that are pushing agendas, while hiding their true identity or agenda. Full Frontal Scrutiny will give consumers, voters and citizens a resource for investigating organizations they run across in the media or elsewhere that have popped up to promote a particular opinion or bill in Congress. We love the banner on the site that include this quote from Jonathan Adelstein, commissioner at the FCC: "The American public deserves to know when someone is trying to persuade them." The organizers say it's this spirit that is their motivation for exposing "hidden persuaders." This is a new battle being waged in the spirit of transparency.
Continue readingNews from Sunlight
We are making two annoucements this afternoon: a second round of grants for 2007 (including two grants from our Mini-grant program), and a new member of the Board of Directors -- Craig Newmark. Craig is the founder and customer service representative for Craigslist, and one of the initial members of our Advisory Board. Craig is a visionary, and he has an understanding of power of the Internet technology that is nearly unrivaled. We couldn't be happier to have him assume a more formal role in guiding the Sunlight Foundation.
We are also very excited about the grant making opportunities that have come our way. Continue reading