At Open Data Day, our focus was on getting people together and building momentum — rather than finishing "apps." There was no judging or prizes, no pizza or soda, and a clear welcome to anyone without a technical background.
Continue readingThe revamped Sunlight Local page is your one-stop shop for local opengov
We've revamped our Local Policy page with new resources, links, tools and analysis. It's your one-stop shop for local open data — check it out today!
Continue readingSunlight Open Data Policy Guidelines now available in Spanish
We are excited to announce that the Open Data Policy Guidelines are now available in Spanish.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Making transparency real — Launching the Open Duka platform
Introducing: Open Duka, a catalytic tool for transparency, accountability and governance that showcases the power and use of data that is liberated from multiple sources and organized in one platform.
Continue readingOpen Data Day is the new Earth Day
Open Data Day has, much like Earth Day, come to demonstrate collective support of an emerging global consensus and vision for the future — one of transparency and open government.
Continue readingOpen data inventories, ready for human consumption
Federal agencies have released listings of their complete public data sets in machine-readable files. Now, thanks to the work of Sunlight, you can also explore — and download — most of these listings in human-friendly format.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Join Open Data Day 2014 in Kampala, Uganda
The Africa Center for Media Excellence, Fruits of Thought and Mountbatten Ltd. are hosting the first Open Data Day in Uganda in a bid to engage stakeholders to open up the country's data.
Continue readingGauging the needs and challenges of the global open data community
Recently, the Global Open Data Initiative sought input from the community to learn more about the needs and challenges associated with open data. What follows is a summary of our most interesting findings about the global state of open data.
Continue readingCodeAcross is here!
Sunlight Foundation together with Code for America are partnering to take data beyond transparency through CodeAcross 2014.
Continue readingA case of incomplete reforms leaving improved disclosures locked up
The impact of improved disclosure is diminished when the information being shared is still in a format that makes it difficult to search, sort, and compare.
Continue reading
59063
