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 readingWest Virginia mine kept separate records for regulators
Last year, we wrote about the fatal Upper Big Branch mine explosion that killed 29 people in West Virginia. You... View Article
Continue readingAmerican Crossroads reports contributions of $3.8 million this year
American Crossroads, the Republican group that spent more than any other Super PAC in the 2010 elections, has raised $3.8 million since January for the 2012 election cycle, according to a report submitted to the FEC on Thursday.
The group had to file the report because it spent money in the special election for New York's 26th District House seat. Crossroads spent about $690,000 on independent expenditures there, almost all of it against the opponents of the Republican candidate, Jane Corwin. Democrat Kathleen Hochul won the race. American Crossroads also spent money on Tea Party candidate Jack ...
Continue readingLobbyist Disclosure Enhancement Act Introduced
Representatives Quigley and Polis took a significant step toward improving what we know about Washington power players by introducing the... View Article
Continue readingTransparency Provisions in the Shareholder Protection Act Important to Disclose Corporate Political Expenditures
Sunlight joined dozens of groups from across the political spectrum asking Members of Congress to support the Shareholder Protection Act,... 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 readingSenators on Armed Services Committee Should Oppose an Anti-Transparency Measure
They’re at it again. Members of Congress who give lip service to transparency and accountability go out of their way... View Article
Continue readingFCC Requires Electronic Reporting of “Ex Parte” Meetings: Can’t Congress do the Same?
The Federal Communications Commission announced a new initiative that demonstrates that the agency understands and welcomes full disclosure. As of... View Article
Continue readingBreaking: ThinkGeek Mystery Solved
Wow. That was…fast. Not long after we posted this: @SunFoundationSunlight Foundation Do you know this monkey tamer? http://bit.ly/ipd4nO Help us... View Article
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