One year after the 2015 State Integrity Investigation, what's changed in campaign finance law across the fifty states?
Continue readingAnalyzing the state of cities’ bulk data
How effective are cities at releasing open data in bulk forms?
Continue readingD.C. bill threatens local government accountability
Washington D.C. boasts a unique system of neighborhood governance, but a proposed bill would eliminate the rights of District residents to hold their most local officials accountable.
Continue readingSunlight Foundation’s Alex Howard testifies before D.C. City Council committee
Sunlight Senior Analyst Alex Howard testified before the City Council of the District of Columbia's Committee on Housing and Community Development.
Continue readingWhy are some cities so good at releasing open data? Pt. 2
How can a smaller city with fewer resources possibly achieve the open data success of major urban areas? Asheville and Hartford can show you.
Continue readingWhy are some cities so good at releasing open data? (Pt. 1)
While many cities have made open data progress in recent years, the City Open Data Census has seen a handful of cities consistently rise to the top. Why is that?
Continue readingImproving the US City Open Data Census
This year, Sunlight will be taking on more responsibility for administering the US City Open Data Census, which evaluates participating cities based on the publication of local government datasets.
Continue readingAnnouncing Sunlight’s new ‘Public Policy for Public Data Checklist’
Today, we are sharing an open data policy checklist in the form of a new website: the “Public Policy for Public Data Checklist.”
Continue reading12 new What Works Cities join program on path to open data
Today, the What Works Cities initiative (WWC) and its partners announced that 12 new cities would be joining the program.
Continue readingCopyright California: How a new bill could curtail access to public information
New legislation could entirely change the nature of what is available in California as truly public information.
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