SCOTUSblog, a blog about the U.S. Supreme Court, published an interview with me on Sunlight’s proposed website redesign for the... View Article
Continue readingSupreme Court To Release Audio of Arguments in Citizens United To Media And National Archives
In an uncommon move, the U.S. Supreme Court will release audio from today’s argument in Citizens United v. FEC shortly... View Article
Continue readingThe Supreme Court Website: An Updated Redesign
In June, the Sunlight Foundation released a mock-up redesign of the Supreme Court’s website. Our intent was to provoke discussion... View Article
Continue readingSunlight on Campaign Finance: Supreme Court Should Protect The Public’s Right To Know
The Sunlight Foundation filed a friend of the court brief before the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday in a landmark... View Article
Continue readingTransparent Justice: The Sotomayor Nomination and Judicial Transparency
Monday at 10 a.m., the Senate Judiciary Committee starts its hearing on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the... 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 readingSunlight in Every Corner…
We want to make sure you know what's going on - and more importantly, hear what you have to say - so below is a first in what we'd like to be a bigger and longer conversation with you about what's happening to open our government because of your support. Our aim is simple: make sure we're all as informed and engaged as possible because we are taking on a monumental mission, and it's going to take all of us.
Continue readingThis Week In Transparency – June 5, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from the past... View Article
Continue readingSenate Judiciary Committee Posts Sotomayor Questionnaire Online
The Senate Judiciary Committee has posted a completed questionnaire from Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. You can see the whole,... View Article
Continue readingRedesigning the Government: U.S. Supreme Court
President Obama's nomination of Judge Sotomayor has brought increased attention to the U.S. Supreme Court. It also has led us to reexamine the Court's web site, which is long overdue for an overhaul. In its current form, its web design is suggestive of the 1990s, and its functionality is similarly dated.
The Justices appear to agree. They've recently ask Congress for money to move control of the site in-house, taking over responsibility from the GPO. This move would allow them, in their words, to "better control and manage the web site and to be able to expand the data and services provided by the site more efficiently."
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