There’s a been a bunch of writing around the Internet about the success/failure of last week’s Blair House health care... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Live Recap: How We Did It
During the Health Care Summit on Thursday, Feb 25, Sunlight tried something new by connecting a live political event to the government data and information we work to make more accessible every day. Dubbed "Sunlight Live," our coverage of the joint Republican and Democratic heath care summit as a pilot was a smashing success, thanks to all of you.
Continue readingSunlight Live vs. TV Media
There are a lot of reasons that I never watch television news, particularly cable news. This “CNN analysis” of the... View Article
Continue readingWhite House Visitor Logs Show Large Lobbyist Presence For Head of White House Health Office
Upon assuming the presidency Barack Obama set about creating an office within the White House to spearhead his effort to... View Article
Continue readingMore TweetGraphs for Health Care Summit
Overall word usage during the health care summit
Continue readingIntroducing Sunlight Live
Today we're going to take our version of live political coverage to the next level by beginning to connect government data such as campaign contributions or lobbyist meetings to a political event in real-time.
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