This Sunshine Week was a particularly successful (and busy!) time for Sunlight. We helped usher in new transparency legislation, launched... View Article
Continue readingThe top issue: unemployment
Our friend Jim Harper has written a post noting that one of the bills made available for comments on his WashingtonWatch.com site (full disclosure: Sunlight has supported it financially) has gotten more than 100,000 comments from users of the site. To me, that seems like a stupendous total for a site that tracks legislation.
So what's drawn so much interest? It's not the House or Senate version of health care. It's not the cap and trade bill designed to marginally address climate change. It's not the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the $787 billion ...
This Week in Transparency – July 24, 2009
Here are some of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and allies over the past week:... View Article
Continue readingWashingtonWatch Rolls-Out Earmark Crowd-Sourcing Tool
Jim Harper, Webmaster at WashingtonWatch.com, can use our help this weekend. WashingtonWatch is beginning a soft roll-out of its new... View Article
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