Tag Archive: ClearSpending

Clearspending Released with New Data

by Kaitlin Devine Feb 4, 2013 12:40 pm

It’s a little late, but it’s here! We’ve released an updated version of Clearspending with data that spans from 2009... View Article

Clearspending 2011: Still Over $1.3 Trillion in Broken Spending Reporting

by Kaitlin Devine Sep 19, 2011 11:23 am

Today we re-launched our Clearspending project with new data. Clearspending is a scorecard-like analysis of the quality of the grants... View Article

Agency Responses to House Oversight Committee’s Survey Show Excessive Manual Data Entry

by Kaitlin Devine Sep 7, 2011 1:57 pm

Yesterday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released agency responses to a survey on agencies’ internal financial management... View Article

Examining the USASpending Agency Submissions

by dvogel

technology

Aug 3, 2011 11:44 am

We’ve often looked at the macro perspective with this data, but what if we followed the transactions of a single program? Would we be able to understand and follow the data easily and provide citizen oversight, as was the intent of the legislation behind USASpending.gov?

Happy Birthday FOIA: Freedom of information’s future

by Daniel Schuman Jul 1, 2011 12:44 pm

This fourth of July marks the 45th anniversary America’s freedom of information law. FOIA transformed our world by giving teeth... View Article

White House Establishes Government Accountability and Transparency Board

by Kevin Koehler Jun 13, 2011 4:20 pm

It’s been a busy day for transparency initiatives. This morning President Obama issued an executive order which will create an 11-member... View Article

Testifying Before Full House Oversight Committee on Federal Spending Transparency

by Ellen Miller Jun 13, 2011 1:28 pm

Tomorrow morning I will be testifying before the full House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the Sunlight Foundation’s work... View Article

Clearspending for Contracting? Not Until Our Overdue FOIA Request Is Fulfilled

by Kaitlin Devine May 12, 2011 12:20 pm

Last fall, we conducted a data quality analysis of the grants data present in USASpending.gov. We called the project [Clearspending](http://sunlightfoundation.com/clearspending).... View Article

OMB Watch’s Six Principles of Federal Spending Transparency

by Kaitlin Devine Mar 24, 2011 2:49 pm

Last Friday, OMB Watch’s Sam Rosen-Amy wrote about their six principles of federal spending transparency, in response to the oversight... View Article

House Oversight Subcommittee Discusses Problems with USASpending.gov Data

by Kaitlin Devine Mar 15, 2011 4:46 pm

On Friday, Ellen testified in front of the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, a subcommittee... View Article