A couple of days ago I wrote about some of the potential transparency issues related to the decision by House... View Article
Continue readingParanormal Legislative Activity
Some really weird stuff went down when Sunlight gave a Congressional bill and a camera to a local couple. Please watch this and share. Totally unexplainable.
Continue readingIncreasing Legislative Transparency: Read the Bill and Beyond
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the cap and trade bill after an incredibly messy process left little time... View Article
Continue readingWhat the frak is going on with the Cap and Trade bill?
There is currently some wacky legislative maneuvering going on with H.R. 2454, the cap and trade energy bill, that puts... View Article
Continue readingIgnore the 5-Day Pledge, Organize Around 72-Hour Rule
The New York Times has a story today on President Obama’s 5 day bill posting pledge and how this transparency... View Article
Continue readingBills of the 110th Congressional Session
Everyone has their own thoughts and perceptions on what generally happens to bills as they pass through the legislative process. With the thousands of bills that are introduced every year, it is hard to get an overall sense of what is happening. During the last couple of months, our intern Rebecca Shapiro collected and processed data (from the Thomas Web site run by the Library of Congress) on each bill in the 110th session of Congress in order to understand what happened to all of them.
Continue readingOur next big goal, The Fifty State Project
While no single developer has the time to volunteer writing a custom scraper for each state, the goal of having data for all fifty states is entirely attainable if we come together and share the workload. This is where you come in. We need your help databasing state legislation.
Continue readingPeek at Transparency Related Legislation
One week into the 111th Congress and lawmakers have already introduced hundreds of bills. Of those few hundred bills some... View Article
Continue readingOn Bailout Transparency
Congress took a real step today toward legislative transparency, proactively posting the proposed bailout legislation in public, online, in advance... View Article
Continue readingIn Wisconsin legislation belongs to the lobbyists?
Cross posted from Open Records Blog In the case of Lautenschlager v. Gunderson, a Wisconsin appeals court has dismissed an... View Article
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