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 readingHelp us ‘crowdscrape’ 10 million data points through #FlashHacks
Sunlight is joining OpenCorporates in their campaign to liberate 10 million data points in 10 days. Take part in our #FlashHack and help us reach our target!
Continue readingSunlight’s Priorities for the Next Administration
Regardless of who wins the presidential election, the next administration will have enormous power to say how open our government will be. We have organized our priorities for the next administration below, to share where we think our work on executive branch issues will be focused, in advance of the election results. From money in politics to open data, spending, and freedom of information, we'll be working to open up the Executive Branch. We'd love to hear any suggestions you might have for Sunlight's Executive Branch work, please leave additional ideas in the comments below. (We'll also be sharing other recommendations soon, including a legislative agenda for the 113th Congress, and a suite of reform proposals for the House and Senate rules packages.) Sunlight Reform Agenda for the Next Administration:
Continue readingSurvey on Open Corporate Data Ranks Former Soviet Countries as More Transparent than the U.S.
This week, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) will convene its first annual meeting in Brasilia. The OGP is a coalition... View Article
Continue readingOn company identifiers, the web and reinventing the wheel
This guest post is by Chris Taggart, who co-chaired a workshop on organisational identifiers at the Open Government Data Camp... View Article
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