The District of Columbia needs to balance privacy with transparency when releasing information on its voters.
Continue readingIRS opens up Form 990 data, ushering nonprofit sector into the age of transparency
Sunlight has long held that nonprofit e-file data should be open. Thanks to the IRS and many opengov advocates, now it is.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Opening nonprofit tax-return data online will be transformative
On June 15, the IRS began publishing nonprofit tax returns, known as Form 990s, online as open government data. The effect of this result will be transformative.
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 readingHouse makes spending data available in easy-to-use format
You no longer have to rely on paper statements or PDFs from the House!
Continue readingSenate committee vote shows OPEN Government Data Act has broad, bipartisan support
Sunlight is thrilled that the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed the OPEN Government Data Act by a unanimous voice vote yesterday.
Continue readingFCC complaints data falls short of fully informing the public
The Federal Communications Commission's release of consumer complaint data is a step in the right direction, but it falls far short of the transparency and accountability full disclosure would bring.
Continue readingLessons learned from a year of opening police data
April's White House Police Data Initiative celebrated its progress by gathering industry leaders for a two-day event discussing challenges and successes of releasing open police data to the public.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Will a recent court decision jeopardize open data in health care?
Democratizing new blockchain technology with big and open data will remove the middlemen in healthcare faster than the internet came to life in the mid-1990s. But who is hindering the progress?
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