Governments aren't the only ones creating public records portals — community groups around the country, and the globe, are creating innovative ways for sharing public records requests and responses.
Continue readingHow to engage the next generation of decision-makers with opengov issues
For Computer Science Week, Sunlight has several tools that children can use to educate themselves on government.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Transparency is not just television
Our problem has been far too little transparency in the legislative chamber — not too much.
Continue readingComparing the sharing of public records
A new tool for openness is emerging at the intersection of the reactive public records request-and-response process and proactive open data: the public records portal.
Continue readingAdding transparency to the processes behind open data
Montgomery County, Md., provides an example of how the prioritization process for open data can be open in itself.
Continue readingHow do we improve open data for police accountability?
We grant law enforcement and corrections departments the right to exercise more physical power over US citizens than we do to any other part of our government. Do we have the data we need to evaluate how they use it?
Continue readingLessons from Philadelphia’s open data progress
Philadelphia, one of the first dozen cities in the country to have an open data policy, is seizing the opportunity to reflect on its progress and plan for the future.
Continue readingHelp liberate your town’s info with the Open Civic Data project!
This Thanksgiving holiday, we're asking you to join Sunlight in helping create open data about your local government.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Opening up government reports through teamwork and open data
Recently, a project started to gather the work of every inspector general (IG) in the U.S. government by using web scrapers. This effort has now hit a major milestone, gathering the reports of every U.S. federal IG that publishes them: 65 inspectors general with over 18,000 reports.
Continue readingDon’t let open government leadership lapse
If our government’s future is to be an open and accountable one, President Obama must spend the next two years recommitting to the pledge he made on his first day in office.
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