For city data to have the biggest impact, it needs to be open and it needs to involve residents. For many city staff, this can be unfamiliar, unclear, or even intimidating. How can city staff recognize these fears, understand the powerful potential of public collaboration, and cultivate that power to create a robust and enduring open data program? Join us for a webinar conversation with Canadian nonprofit OpenNorth about two models for what engaged, collaborative data publication and use looks like.
Continue readingCelebrate open government with Sunlight during Sunshine Week 2017
Next week is Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of open government around the United States started over a decade ago... View Article
Continue readingJoin us to discuss open data for financial regulation on Wednesday
This Wednesday, Dec. 2, the Congressional Transparency Caucus will host a discussion focused on the need for better data in financial regulation. Join us!
Continue readingHeading to International Open Data Conference 2015? We’ll see you there!
Next week, Sunlight will be headed to Ottawa for the 3rd Annual International Open Data Conference. We're participating and hosting a variety of interactive panels, discussions and debates, so we hope to see you there!
Continue readingCircle September 30th for Data Transparency 2014
On Sept. 30th, the leading authorities on the creation and implementation of open data policy for our country are gathering. Data Transparency 2014, co-hosted by the Sunlight Foundation, couldn’t come at a more critical time.
Continue readingInsiders Discuss Fact Checking and the Presidental Election
Policy Intern Hunter Main With campaign ads heating up along with the presidential race, how will journalists balance their obligations... View Article
Continue readingDevHouse DC Was Awesome
As was strongly implied would be the case, DevHouse DC #5 was awesome. We had dozens of folk over for coding, talking, soldering, eating, and presenting, variously interspersed throughout the office.
Hit the jump for some sweet photos, including our Labs Director Tom Lee, who did the bulk of the day's soldering, in the middle of a lightning talk about the LED numbers he's working on lighting up for an upcoming Sunlight project.
Continue readingDevHouse DC #5 at Sunlight
Come by Sunlight's office in Dupont Circle this Saturday, June 4 for DevHouse DC's 5th gathering. We'll be here from noon to midnight, hacking, soldering, and roboticizing the day away.
If you have no idea what DevHouse DC is, then you have no choice but to come and find out the fun way. Or I guess you can look at their website, whatever. Hopefully using the words "typing", "talking", and "treasure" in a sentence together like this is enough to get it across. Register for free on EventBrite and we'll see you there!
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