Did loose grammar on a Federal Trade Commission webpage raise and then dash the hopes of millions? In 2016, the... View Article
Continue readingCritical questions on ‘smart city’ tech: Continuing a conversation from Code for America 2019
Here are some critical questions cities need to ask to ensure “smart cities” and emerging technology projects are focused on people and outcomes, and not just tech.
Continue readingFacebook’s commitments to transparency before Congress are welcome, but insufficient
Unless Congress takes more time to understand and then to craft careful remedies, the emerging challenges for open government that Facebook is implicated in – from automated activity to algorithmic transparency to public speech on private platforms to data ethics and protections to anti-trust concerns to artificial intelligence – will most likely be obscured by more sound and fury emanating from Washington that ultimately signifies nothing.
Continue readingHow Seattle, WA is balancing openness with privacy in an age of online data threats
How is Seattle meeting its open government commitment while managing privacy risks? Sunlight's Open Cities team talked with David Doyle, the city's open data program manager, to discuss how the city is collecting and protecting sensitive data.
Continue readingWeaponized disclosure must not erode public trust in government
Recent executive actions by the Trump administration violate federal information policy norms and treat data disclosure as a tool for division and public intimidation, not a means for achieving transparency and accountability.
Continue readingProtecting Data, Protecting Residents
Today, the Sunlight Foundation is publishing a new white paper that lays out ten principles for responsible municipal data management... View Article
Continue readingOn weaponized transparency
We all need journalists and publishing platforms to consider carefully how they publish sensitive information, whether it has been leaked... View Article
Continue readingPublishing voter registration data must balance privacy with transparency
The District of Columbia needs to balance privacy with transparency when releasing information on its voters.
Continue readingThe FBI shouldn’t restrict the public’s right to know about our data
The Sunlight Foundation joined 45 groups urging the Justice Department to give the public more comment time on its decision to exclude the Next Generation Identification program from Privacy Act rules.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Corruption currents, “pop-up PACs” and “factivism”
TOP STORY: Judge Thomas F. Hogan, the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, rejected a legal challenge to rules... View Article
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