Stan Oklobdzija, a Californian who can work in seven languages (three of them for programming) is Sunlight's 2014 Google Fellow.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: What If Wikipedia Could Update Itself? More at OpenGov WikiHack
Wikipedia DC and Sunlight Foundation are organizing an Open Government WikiHack -- a hackathon dedicated to finding ways to use structured government data to improve Wikipedia.
Continue readingSunlight Foundation’s 2014 Pi Day Pie off
Pi Day is my favorite day of the year. We here at Sunlight celebrate π Day by having a Pie-Off!
Continue readingTraining for reporters covering election 2014: Turn dark money and hard dollars into good stories
Three investigative newsrooms well versed in covering campaign finance — including Sunlight — are teaming up to offer training that helps reporters make sense of all this data ahead of the 2014 elections.
Continue readingTime to pass the baton at Sunlight
I recently informed the Sunlight board of my intention to step down by the end of 2014. There are many other great people running alongside me in the race for open government. And it’s time to pass the baton.
Continue readingIRS intimidation? House GOP turns the tables as tax agency considers limits on outside political spending
On the week that the IRS is closing the books on comments about its proposed new regulations of political non-profits, Republicans are using their control of the House agenda to not-so-subtly signal their views.
Continue readingCodeAcross is here!
Sunlight Foundation together with Code for America are partnering to take data beyond transparency through CodeAcross 2014.
Continue readingPDF Liberation Hackathon and the need for more civic innovation
Public Sector Credit Solutions and Sunlight Foundation organized a multi-location PDF Liberation hackathon which helped free some much needed data but also exposed the need for more civic innovation.
Continue readingPDF Liberation: Why it matters and how you can help
Trying to ensure the accessibility of digital documents was the goal of the PDF Liberation Hackathon, held over the Martin Luther King Jr. day weekend in at least six cities. Sunlight provided the DC venue.
Continue readingSunlight’s Year in Review: 2013 was pretty great
2013 was a busy year for the Sunlight Foundation. The past 12 months were so jam packed that we couldn't contain everything to just a blog post (or email or video). Check out Sunlight's 2013 year in review.
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