In Georgia, Cumming Mayor Ford Gravitt removed citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale from a recent public meeting. Georgia Attorney General Sam... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: Lack of campaign finance disclosure “leads to the appearance of it being inappropriate”
In DC, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) must provide the DC Auditor with quarterly financial reports. The DC Auditor audits financial... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “Information is the currency of democracy”
The Salt Lake Tribune covered a University of Utah honors class project: developing a set of five guiding principles to help... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: Rhode Island gets public records revamp
In Rhode Island, a public records law might get a much-needed revamp if a bill heard by the House Judiciary... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: New open government law makes “great strides towards increasing transparency”
This week, a comprehensive overhaul of the Georgia’s open government laws unanimously passed the Senate. House Bill 397 will now... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “So much for government transparency”
The Arizona Public Interest Research Group awarded Arizona an A-minus on how it helps taxpayers find information online pertaining to government spending.... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “The right of the people to know what their government is doing is fundamental to democracy”
California Councilwoman Teresa Barth recently wrote an open letter publicizing her support for increased government transparency. In the letter, Barth... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: Super Pacs on Super Tuesday
With Super Tuesday quickly approaching, we decided to take a look at what local bloggers in Super Tuesday states are... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “What’s happening in the government should be public…”
According to open government advocates, Maryland does not do a good enough job of making government information easy for citizens... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: Money in politics has made “corruption institutional by allowing monied interests to have so much influence in campaigning …”
Michigan House democrats just proposed a series of bills to increase transparency and take on money in politics. The bills... View Article
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