Despite President Obama’s 2009 pledge to usher in a “new era of openness,” the White House has fallen short of civil society expectations.
Continue readingCISPA is Still Terrible for Transparency
Last year we called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), H.R. 3523 in the 112th Congress, “terrible on... View Article
Continue readingScout: Sunlight’s New Custom Alert Service
A core mission of the Sunlight Foundation is to enable citizen participation through technology and lower the bar to access government. Through our free tools we're constantly looking for ways to produce a more transparent and accountable government. Today, we're proud to introduce Scout, a tool that allows you to create customized keyword alerts to notify you whenever issues you care about are included in legislative or regulatory actions.
Continue readingScout is Already Delivering Results
Scout isn’t even out of beta, but it’s already having a positive impact on lawmaking. You can see how in... View Article
Continue readingCISPA is Terrible for Transparency
The new cybersecurity bill, CISPA, or HR 3523, is terrible on transparency. The bill proposes broad new information collection and... View Article
Continue readingObama’s Open Government Directive, Two Years On
Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of the Open Government Directive (OGD), the signature transparency policy issued by the Obama administration... View Article
Continue readingThis Week In Transparency – June 12, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this past... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – May 22, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this week:... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – May 15, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this week:... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – May 8, 2009
Today, May 8th, marks the 125th birthday of Harry S Truman, our 33rd president. He once said, “Secrecy and a... View Article
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