Today, the Sunlight Foundation is publishing a new white paper that lays out ten principles for responsible municipal data management... View Article
Continue readingYou don’t have to be tech-savvy to benefit from open data
Open data can help you even if you know nothing about data, because it can power tools and resources that are usable by anyone.
Continue readingState of Open Corporate Data: Wins and Challenges Ahead
Last year saw advances and setbacks for opening data about the ownership of corporations, but it's critical that the world continues to push for genuine transparency and access to company registers as open data in 2017.
Continue readingHow Data Refuge works, and how YOU can help save federal open data
Editor’s Note: Last week, Sunlight joined Abbie Grotke, a digital library project manager at the Library of Congress, and professor... View Article
Continue readingWhat we told Congress about oversight, ethics and open government
This week, the Sunlight Foundation joined a roundtable of nonprofits, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and their staff... View Article
Continue readingTracking collaborative policy for open data
Buffalo used the OpenGov Foundation’s Madison platform to solicit public feedback on their draft open data policy. There’s a rising trend... View Article
Continue readingOpen Data Policy Wizard helps you create your own policy
One of the hardest parts of creating an open-data policy is figuring out where to start. Here at Sunlight, we have several resources to help with this, including our Open Data Policy Wizard.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Making open data more accessible — three lessons from Boston
How do you share open data in a meaningful way to help citizens convert data into knowledge about their city?
Continue readingCongress makes the role of U.S. chief technology officer permanent
On January 6, 2017, President Barack Obama quietly signed a bill that codified the role of the chief technology officer... View Article
Continue readingOpen Contracting: What Works for American Cities
(Photo credit: Jen Gallardo/Flickr) Through the What Works Cities Initiative, Sunlight Foundation is working with mid-sized cities to support the... View Article
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