Presidential candidates and sitting presidents should be required by law to publicly disclose their tax returns.
Continue readingSunlight’s comments on the proposed U.S. open source software policy
We believe that making more of the software built by or for the federal government open source will improve how the federal government works and save agencies money.
Continue readingAmong 2016 hopefuls, who’s the biggest political giver?
Donald Trump has doled out almost $1 million in personal contributions to other candidates and committees, while Carly Fiorina has contributed a little over $183,000.
Continue readingDNC paid $4.5 million for events at White House
A new Sunlight analysis of campaign finance records from the Democratic National Committee finds party operatives have made frequent use of the White House grounds during the past four years.
Continue readingSave the press from the White House censors
White House flacks are taking it upon themselves to edit journalists’ pool reports before they are distributed to the press corps. We think White House reporters need to find a new publisher.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: TweetDeck vulnerability hits the Hill, an impersonator and more
It was another busy week for Politwoops with a TweetDeck vulnerability spreading across the Hill, an impersonator of a campaign account and much more.
Continue readingA little math could make identifiers a whole lot better
Government is understandably wary of publishing personal identifiers, though they're often vital to transparency. Fortunately, there are technological approaches to this problem --government should embrace them.
Continue readingDiverse coalition unites to support strong DATA Act
Today, the Sunlight Foundation joined a diverse group of organizations in supporting the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), S. 994 and H.R. 2061, legislation that would help to standardize and publish federal spending data.
Continue readingHow Unique is the New U.S. Open Data Policy?
Three Ideas to Open the Executive Branch
Tonight, President Obama will deliver the State of the Union Address to Congress. He is expected to urge the Legislative branch to take action on guns, immigration, climate change and a laundry list of other issues. In order to make progress on the major questions of the day, the President will have to negotiate and compromise with Congress. But, that doesn't mean he can't make progress through other means. A few weeks ago, the Advisory Committee on Transparency heard three ideas that President Obama could consider implementing right away to make the Executive branch more open and transparent. Read on for the videos.
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