At the end of the day, what matters most to us at Sunlight is that we can all get access to the government information which can (and does) impact our lives. That information needs to be ONLINE and in REAL-TIME. It's information we've exercised one of our most precious rights to allow a group of leaders to create, and information we're paying for with our tax dollars.
Continue readingDeclaring a Read the Bill Victory
An awful lot has happened between April 2009 and now, and one of the most important developments on Capitol Hill and among the public has been that Congress can no longer talk about a piece of major legislation without a reporter asking, "will the final version of the bill be online for 72 hours?"
Continue readingRead The Bill Goes To The Hill
This week Sunlight marched up to Capitol Hill to deliver the petition signatures of more than 20,000 people who are... View Article
Continue readingLive From the Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Clarence Thomas were surprised today when Texas Representative and transparency advocate John Culberson... View Article
Continue reading‘Direct to Constituent’ Communications
Mark Hannah has a thoughtful post about how the Obama administration and Congress are adopting what he terms “Direct to... View Article
Continue readingTwitter and Qik Cover Pro-Oil Drilling Protest in House
Ben Pershing at the Washington Post writes, “If a party stages a protest on the House floor but no one... View Article
Continue readingTweetobbying
Rafael DeGennaro, founder and president of ReadTheBill.org (an early Sunlight grantee) has picked up on twittering between Rep. John Culberson... View Article
Continue readingWeb Townhall Meeting
Rep. John Culberson announced an Web town meeting, next Thursday at 8.30 PM, via twitter. Here’s the tweet: johnculberson First,... View Article
Continue readingTweetalogue
This afternoon, Rep. John Culberson and I had a twitterfest (am I making up terms here?) about the need for... View Article
Continue readingFollowing @johnculberson
Rep. John Culberson is member of Congress who understands what’s happening on the Web today. He’s a congressman who is... View Article
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