The Sunlight Foundation joined 45 groups urging the Justice Department to give the public more comment time on its decision to exclude the Next Generation Identification program from Privacy Act rules.
Continue readingWhat a State Department’s inspector general can tell us about open government
The release of a critical report by the State Department’s inspector general on Hillary Clinton’s email practices answers questions that have lingered since last March — and raises new ones.
Continue readingIn dark move, Congress considers rolling back transparency for meetings
No federal agencies should be exempted from the requirements of the law in a wholesale. Erasing our requirement for public meetings isn’t an option.
Continue readingFCC complaints data falls short of fully informing the public
The Federal Communications Commission's release of consumer complaint data is a step in the right direction, but it falls far short of the transparency and accountability full disclosure would bring.
Continue readingThe Interior Department should honor Congress’ intentions on FOIA mediation
The U.S. Department of the Interior is effectively ignoring six attempts by the Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Ombudsman to mediate FOIA requests dating back to February 2015.
Continue readingSunlight’s recommendations for the Justice Department’s next Plan for Open Government
Here are Sunlight's suggestions to make the Department of Justice more open and transparent.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Corruption currents, “pop-up PACs” and “factivism”
TOP STORY: Judge Thomas F. Hogan, the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, rejected a legal challenge to rules... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: FEC delays decision on foreign political money
TOP NEWS: The Federal Election Commission mulled over its options to curb foreign political money and chose to punt until... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Our New Gilded Age?
TOP NEWS: An analysis of federal campaign finance reports by the Washington Post found that 41 percent of the money raised... View Article
Continue readingCongress to consider making open data the default in federal government
This morning, we saw positive signs on the long road to baking open data into the way the federal government functions and discloses information to the people it serves.
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