Change.gov, the website of the Obama transition that went missing sometime last month, is now back online. The agenda, including... View Article
Continue readingObama Promises Disappear from Web
Change.gov, the website created by the Obama transition team in 2008, has effectively disappeared sometime over the last month. While front splash page for for Change.gov has linked to the main White House website for years, until recently, you could still continue on to see the materials and agenda laid out by the administration. This was a particularly helpful resource for those looking to compare Obama's performance in office against his vision for reform, laid out in detail on Change.gov. According to the Internet Archive, the last time that content (beyond the splash page) was available was June 8th -- last month. Why the change?
Continue readingA Craigslist for Service
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and Sunlight board member, has written a thoughtful piece on service and volunteerism for The... View Article
Continue readingChange.gov and Open for Questions
Change.gov has released another ground-breaking feature. This time, it’s “Open for Questions“, a digg-like feature for voting up questions for... View Article
Continue readingSome Ideas for Access to Information
Public.Resource.org, founded by Carl Malamud, is a nonprofit working to make government information more accessible. (Sunlight has provided the group... View Article
Continue readingCarl Malamud and Change.gov
Open government ally Carl Malamud has posted a brilliant agenda on public.resource.org, a five point technology plan he has presented... View Article
Continue readingObama and Affirmative Disclosure
The Obama transition team released two new policies this week, a Creative Commons license and a radical disclosure policy. These... View Article
Continue readingThe Secret House of Congress
In a reiteration of just about everything we cover here at Sunlight, Congressional Quarterly released a terrific article examining the... View Article
Continue readingChange.gov meets Creative Commons
This is great news. Over the weekend, the Obama–Biden Transition team switched the copyright policy for their Web site, Change.gov,... View Article
Continue readingA Good Time for Transparency
As we at the Sunlight Foundation watch the Presidential transition begin in earnest, we’re particularly interested in President-elect Obama’s history... View Article
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