As a part of my job as Video Production Director here at Sunlight, I work on a short documentary video... View Article
Continue readingScout: Sunlight’s New Custom Alert Service
A core mission of the Sunlight Foundation is to enable citizen participation through technology and lower the bar to access government. Through our free tools we're constantly looking for ways to produce a more transparent and accountable government. Today, we're proud to introduce Scout, a tool that allows you to create customized keyword alerts to notify you whenever issues you care about are included in legislative or regulatory actions.
Continue readingScout is Already Delivering Results
Scout isn’t even out of beta, but it’s already having a positive impact on lawmaking. You can see how in... View Article
Continue readingFCC requires online posting of political ad files
Handing open-government advocates a partial victory in a better than decade-long battle, the Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to require major network affiliates in the top 50 TV markets to post information about their political ads online.
The move could provide the public with crucial information on who's behind the ads purchased by nonprofit groups that, under new campaign finance laws, can spend unlimited amounts of money advocating for or against candidates without registering with the Federal Election Commission. But the rule will leave out many TV markets in presidential battleground states as our map shows.
Broadcasters had fiercely ...
Continue readingOGE makes it easier to access public financial disclosure reports online
The Office of Government Ethics took an important step towards greater transparency yesterday when they launched an improved system for... View Article
Continue readingHappy Holidays from Sunlight!
In case you missed it, I wanted to share this message that Ellen Miller, our Executive Director, sent out this... View Article
Continue readingThe Occupation of K Street: Lobbying, Citizens United and the need for reform
Earlier today, protestors from OccupyDC headed over to the offices of the Podesta Group, a high profile lobbying firm, before... View Article
Continue readingCongressional Websites Have Improved, But Still Lack Transparency
Policy Fellow Matt Rumsey wrote this post. The Congressional Management Foundation announced its Golden Mouse Awards for the 112th Congress on... View Article
Continue readingMissing the Forest for the Trees?
It seems the Obama administration has decided the time has come to once again flex its ethics muscles. The Office... View Article
Continue readingA Transparent Super Committee Would Be Headline News
That lobbyists are influencing Super Committee members is a “dog bites man” story. Corporate lobbyists are eager to earn their... View Article
Continue reading
59063
