After the White House’s decision to bar recording, a CNN sketch artist document the press briefing. Long before livestreams on YouTube, however, illustrations have been a key medium used to inform the public about courts, hearings and speeches with limited access.
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How do you share open data in a meaningful way to help citizens convert data into knowledge about their city?
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Measuring high-level corruption and government favoritism has been the object of extensive scholarly and policy interest with relatively little progress in the last decade. See what these authors found in their most recent study.
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SUNLIGHT ABROAD: Stephen Larrick just returned from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he participated in the Open Government Partnership’s subnational meeting.... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Transitions, Trump, transparency
HOPES AND FEARS: The Data Coalition told Government Executive that they view the Trump win as a call for more open... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: What the Trump administration means for open government
TRANSITIONING TO TRUMP: On Election Day, Americans voted for Donald Trump to be the 45th President of the United States.... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Trade transparency, White House Open Data Summit, NYC Council in alpha and more
LEARNINGS: The Center for Open Data Enterprise released the results of its open data roundtables over the past year in... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Tuning into the presidential debates, Googling the vote out, responsible data & more
REGISTER THIS: Vote.gov was the #1 federal website all weekend long after Facebook prompted its users to visit and register... View Article
Continue readingHalf of U.S. Cabinet agencies fail to comply with Open Government Directive
President Obama’s Open Government Directive needs to wrangle agencies lagging behind. (Photo credit: Office of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow/Flickr) 2,473... View Article
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Nashville’s police data reveals racial burden
The Nashville police department is using data to direct their police presence, but without nuance, their policing could actually be hurting communities in need of the most help.
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