While most agencies were able to quickly provide a public listing of all their datasets, several appear to be struggling with the release requirement — keeping the public in the dark about what information they truly hold.
Continue readingObama administration agrees with Sunlight: Agencies should disclose what data they keep private
A Sunlight FOIA request has turned into effective policy: The Obama administration now instructs all agencies to illuminate not just public datasets, but private assets as well. It ensures the public will have the fullest knowledge of agency data holdings.
Continue readingAfter Sunlight FOIA, comprehensive data indexes arrive on Data.gov
Sunlight has already identified indicators of varying levels of success in indexing government information, some datasets that appear to be wisely withheld and datasets that could be of significant public value if released.
Continue readingWhat can local data inventories tell us about the U.S. data index release?
While the U.S. finally made a commitment to release a full inventory of agency-held data sets, we've also been tracking the progress of local governments toward achieving similar goals — and several have been leading the way.
Continue readingHas the U.S. taken the lead in open data practices globally?
The U.S. release of federal data indexes is monumental, in part due to its unique nature. In fact, it may mark one of the first releases of this kind on the national level.
Continue readingA big win for open government: Sunlight gets U.S. to release indexes of federal data
For the first time, the United States government has agreed to release what we believe to be the largest index of government data in the world.
Continue readingEnterprise data inventories should be open — not hidden from the public
The Sunlight Foundation has spent a lot of time talking about the need for governments to create comprehensive lists of their information holdings — and to release those lists to the public. You can expect more of the same in 2015.
Continue readingSunlight’s review of federal open data catalogs (Hint: It’s not so great)
We at Sunlight are conducting a broad audit of agencies' sometimes-faithful attempts to comply with President Obama's open data executive order. Our findings so far are good, bad and perplexing.
Continue readingWhere do we stand on open government plans?
As we found in July, a few agencies have still neglected to submit open government plans. But most agencies have, which gets us to the fun part — assessing their value.
Continue readingDark Data: The importance of open inventories
We have been meeting with agencies about their open government plans and encouraging them to release their entire Enterprise Data Inventories.
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