DID YOU GET THE READ RECEIPT? By not substantively responding to repeated requests from Office of Government Information Services to... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Congress misses opportunity to open CRS reports to the public. Again.
CLOSED CRS: Seven years ago, Sunlight’s founding executive director, Ellen Miller, wrote that opening up Congressional Research Service reports “is... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Presidential tax returns are the people’s business
TOP NEWS: The Washington Examiner reported on our call for Congress to mandate that presidential candidates disclose their tax returns.... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: iQuant shows why open data matters in New York
WOW: When Ben Wellington analyzed open data released by the city of New York and mapped it out, he found... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Why it helps to look at state law if you’re running for president
STATING THE OBVIOUS: Emily Shaw returned to the blog, exploring why knowing state law is mighty relevant even if you’re... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: The revolution will be … digitized?
FOR THE RECORD: The whistleblower behind the Panama Papers made a statement about why he or she provided the data... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: These are not the Stingrays you’re looking for
TOP NEWS: In a letter to the Senate, the Archivist of the United States declined to formally designate the Senate... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: American vulture funds feed on Argentina’s debt crisis
TOP NEWS: In a new feature for Sunlight, Senior Staff Writer Melissa Yeager digs into the struggle between American hedge... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: #WHCD swag bags for transparency
TOP NEWS: This weekend, Sunlight Foundation staffers asked people who attended the People/TIME White House Correspondent’s Cocktail Party if they’d... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Supreme Court could loosen bribery rules for politicians
BRANDEIS WEPT: Nina Totenburg reported that the nation’s highest court may be leaning towards voiding former Virginia Gov. Bob McConnell’s... View Article
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