Another step has been taken to protect Americans from the NSA, one that improves information security and builds a significant barrier to the agency's ability to weaken security and encryption standards.
Continue readingGetting secrecy out of science
Last night, a congressional committee adopted an amendment that limits the NSA’s influence on NIST - the first step to getting the secrecy out of science.
Continue readingRep. Lofgren explains how secrecy undermines the USA Freedom Act and democratic process
The White House and other pro-surveillance advocates are relying on opaque negotiations that occurred behind closed doors in order to scuttle meaningful surveillance reform.
Continue readingAsk Us Anything on Reddit about our call for transparent NIST standards
Sunlight is joining our friends at Access, Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Silent Circle for today's AMA.
Continue readingObama calls for tech support
Many of the tech executives that President Obama met with today have been generous donors to his campaigns.
Continue readingShining a Light on Black Budgets
Last week, the Washington Post reported that new documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal the budgets of the sixteen United States intelligence agencies. The budgets, which had never previously been revealed to the American public, totaled $52.6 billion, including $14.7 billion for the Central Intelligence Agency, $10.8 billion the National Security Agency, and $10.3 billion for the National Reconnaissance Office. This revelation shines a badly needed light on the way that our intelligence agencies spend money. We’ve written about the importance of spending transparency many times before. As we’ve argued, “access to government spending information is a fundamental pillar of an accountable government. It provides a basis for citizen participation, promotes government integrity, and encourages greater efficiency.”
Continue readingTrue Washington Intrigue, Part II
Yesterday, the Internet was all abuzz over the revelations related to an investigation into Rep. Jane Harman’s wiretapped conversation with... View Article
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