Given the election’s outcome, the country and world is now thrown in deep uncertainty. People are understandably asking questions about what a Trump administration would mean for open government. So are we.
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Here are four ways for the members of the public and government officials to use transparency and accountability to help mitigate rumors, conspiracy theories and false claims.
Continue readingWith EveryCRSReport.com, taxpayer-funded research is now available to the public in an accessible way.
Continue readingThe presidential debates present a clear opportunity to press the candidates for answers on important questions about transparency. Here are some of the questions we'd like to see the candidates answer.
Continue readingThe absence of a new open government plan from the Department of Veterans Affairs is not only an egregious flouting of President Barack Obama's 2009 Open Government Directive, but a failure in governance overall.
Continue readingSix years after the Sunlight Foundation delivered an open government scorecard, we were honored to speak at the first White House Open Data Summit in Washington this week.
Continue readingOn Tuesday evening, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, industry players and open data advocates gave a series of short talks at a reception prior to the Data Transparency Summit in Washington, D.C.
Continue readingWhen millions of people opened Facebook this morning, they found one of the most important prompts it has ever sent to its users: a link to register to vote or share that you have already done so.
Continue readingToday, Sunlight joined a broad coalition of 33 organizations calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen congressional oversight of the U.S. intelligence community.
Continue readingThis morning, Sunlight joined a panel of open government advocates at a launch event for Global Legislative Openness Week to talk through what the 115th Congress could (and should) do to build on a decade of progress.
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