In continuing with our series on OpenGovernment.org, this time we take a look at how you can learn more about... View Article
Continue readingOpenGovernment.org: Making state legislature social
A new initiative to track, learn and share state legislative information was hatched last year when Open Government.org launched its... View Article
Continue readingOpenGovernment Minnesota Launches Today
Residents of Minnesota now have a new way to keep track of what’s happening in their state with the launch... View Article
Continue readingTransparency in New Mexico: The 2010 Legislature
This year brings a landmark for the Sunlight Foundation. We’ve been hinting for some time that we’re going to make... View Article
Continue readingMinneapolis on road to transparency
Tired of waiting for your city to become more transparent? Tony Webster, John Schrom and Ryan Johnson decided to take... View Article
Continue readingLooking for the Transparency Dividend in Minnesota
This year has seen more attention than ever given to transparency – most focused on the White House and federal... View Article
Continue readingStates of Disclosure
Early this morning, the Center for Public Integrity released their updated version of its States of Disclosure report. It’s a... View Article
Continue readingTexas Transparency Make Over!
Texas’ Comptroller Susan Combs has started a new initiative to bring the state’s budget out in the open by launching... View Article
Continue readingSunlight in the Garden State
Here's a politician -- New Jersey Assemblyman Jim Whelan - who appears to understand the value of transparency. He recently introduced a bill in the New Jersey state legislature that would require the online disclosure of public records local New Jersey towns, school districts and state agencies.
Continue readingLegislative Transparency Proposed in Tennessee
Bill Hobbs reports that a pair of lawmakers in the Tennessee legislature (one in the Senate, one in the House) have introduced a bill to make subcommittees, committees, and the two houses of the legislature itself subject to the state's version of the Freedom of Information Act, known as the Open Records Act. Hobbs notes that you can track the progress of the legislation here. So which member of the House, and which member of the Senate, will introduce similar legislation at the federal level? Congress, of course, is currently exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.
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