From the super smart David Weinberger. Reposted in full: Transparency is the new objectivity Posted on July 19th, 2009 A... View Article
Continue readingHouse Health Care Bill: Its Path and Transparency
Yesterday, the House of Representatives released a 1,018 page bill (H.R. 3200) to reform the nation’s health care system. This... View Article
Continue readingRead the Bill: The (Long) Short Story
In case you needed the short version of the full history of Congress and Read the Bill, please read below.... View Article
Continue readingSuccess! Senate to post expenditure reports
The Senate is going to follow the House in posting their office expenditure reports online for the public to view.... View Article
Continue readingIncreasing Legislative Transparency: Read the Bill and Beyond
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the cap and trade bill after an incredibly messy process left little time... View Article
Continue readingWhat the frak is going on with the Cap and Trade bill?
There is currently some wacky legislative maneuvering going on with H.R. 2454, the cap and trade energy bill, that puts... View Article
Continue readingIgnore the 5-Day Pledge, Organize Around 72-Hour Rule
The New York Times has a story today on President Obama’s 5 day bill posting pledge and how this transparency... View Article
Continue readingWE are going to bid on Recovery.gov
We've decided to do something crazy. On Tuesday afternoon, someone handed us a copy of the Recovery.gov 2.0 RFP and we thought: what if we try something truly radical here. What if we opened up the process of government contracting by bidding on this thing? We together-- not just we meaning The Sunlight Foundation-- are going to bid on redoing Recovery.gov to learn more about the process of government contracting, and to try and build what is perhaps the biggest federal transparency-related website.
Continue readingHelp Sunlight Bid on Recovery.gov
You’re going to want to go over to the Sunlight Labs blog for this one. Labs Director Clay Johnson announced... View Article
Continue readingObama Blocks Visitor Log Disclosure
This is pretty disheartening. The Obama administration is continuing to use the same arguments the Bush administration used to block... View Article
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