The fourth president of the United States, James Madison once wrote: A popular Government, without popular information, or the means... View Article
Continue readingThe Open Letter Campaign, or Sunlight in Utah
Last week, a few Sunlighters and I journeyed to Salt Lake City, Utah to do something — er, many things... View Article
Continue readingOhio’s latest law could keep controversial public records in the dark
Earlier this month, Ohio Governor John Kasich, signed into law a bill that will greatly reduce the penalties for unlawful... View Article
Continue readingTaking Open Government to its source: The National Governors Association
Several months ago, we noticed a trend in states rolling back transparency legislation. Disturbed, we put up a campaign to... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: New Oklahoma website improves state accountability
For a while now, we have been advocating for opening up our government through the use of technology and the... View Article
Continue readingSunlight weekly Round-up: Of Tax breaks and Transparency
In an interview with Newsweek, former U.S. President, Bill Clinton suggested lowering corporate tax rates as one of the ways... View Article
Continue readingImpatience Spurs Innovation and the iPad is the New Fold
Drupal or Solr may not be my forte, but when Rob Winikates, Deputy Director, Office of Digital Strategy, Online Engagement... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Louisiana governor to become subject to public records law
As mentioned earlier, the open government movement made major strides today — when together with the Participatory Politics Foundation, we... View Article
Continue readingRAT Board: Build a “universal one-stop shop” for federal spending transparency
by Jacob Hutt, Policy Intern The government’s point person for Recovery Act transparency and accountability called for an online “universal... View Article
Continue readingProvide public access into your meetings with automated meeting minute creation
We welcome Daniel O’Leary as our guest blogger today. Daniel is the Vice President of Global Solutions for LincWare,... View Article
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