A new initiative from the Justice Department empowers state and local governments to effectively utilize crime data, saving money and increasing public safety.
Continue readingSunshine and shadows: Statehouses tackle open records laws in 2015
The 2016 state legislative sessions have already witnessed a host of important actions, with legislators across the country considering measures to increase and decrease governmental transparency.
Continue readingWhich 2016 hopefuls made the best investments this year?
Some politicians were investing money this year with an eye to 2016. The ROIs of potential presidential contenders.
Continue readingCampaign Intelligence: Election 2014 by the numbers
Some key data points on the money being spent to influence Tuesday's elections.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Tools and NGO collaboration push Georgia to redefine “FOI as usual”
Four citizen groups in Georgia are promoting a new level of transparency by uniting their freedom of information efforts in a single website called OpenData.ge.
Continue readingSnap Shot Georgia: From closed-door corruption to open data
Take an inside look at this former Soviet state's anti-corruption comeback and how it has affected political responsiveness and integrity in election financing.
Continue readingLost and found in Atlanta: Georgia’s executive orders make their way back online
Earlier this week, we highlighted a serious lack of transparency in the actions of Georgia’s executive branch. Happily, the Governor’s administration finally agreed yesterday that it’s time to bring the executive orders back into public view.
Continue readingThe case of the missing executive orders: (A lack of) transparency in Georgia’s government
Last week, we discussed the accessibility of gubernatorial executive orders in every state. There’s still a ways to go, but almost all states put their executive orders online for the public to view. All except for one: Georgia.
Continue readingCampaign Intelligence: Super PAC spending brings home wins in Georgia primary elections
Two pro-gun groups spent $9,000 in two and one-half weeks on the winning candidate in a House primary in Georgia. The down-to-the-wire money dump marks one of the anti-establishment success stories from Tuesday’s run-off elections in Georgia.
Continue readingRegister for “Unblight”: A community unconference on housing data, August 14-15
Sunlight Foundation, together with the Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University will be hosting Unblight: a community unconference on housing and property data in Macon, Georgia on August 14-15, 2014.
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