Continued progress in open government in the United States depends on having an administration with both the political will and the technical ability to not only be good stewards of platforms, processes and policies that make our government more accessible and accountable to the public. Judging by the new Whitehouse.gov to date, it’s unclear whether the Trump administration has either.
Continue readingThe White House should publish text of Presidential actions immediately online
The White House should publish text of all Presidential actions on WhiteHouse.gov immediately upon the President's signature. Anything less invites disaster by creating the potential for disinformation and misinterpretation of legally binding directives.
Continue readingTransparency in Presidential Signing Statements
Over the weekend, Charles Savage at The New York Times had an important article on how President Obama’s use of... 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 readingWhiteHouse.gov Ethics Page is Alive
As President Obama launched the new WhiteHouse.gov back in January, many were concerned when a particular issue page, “Ethics,” went... View Article
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – May 1, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and grantees from this week:... View Article
Continue readingRasmussen: Americans Believe Congress in the Dark Over Stimulus Contents
On Tuesday, Rasmussen Reports released a telephone survey that shows the Americans have strong doubts about whether congressional lawmakers understand... View Article
Continue readingU.K.’s Directgov.com rises to the occasion
Leena Rao at TechCrunch reports on how Directgov.com, the British government’s online portal providing information and services from across government,... View Article
Continue readingWhite House Breaks Transparency Promise
In a blog post announcing the President’s signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first piece of legislation... View Article
Continue readingExecutive Orders and Whitehouse.gov
The launch of the new WhiteHouse.gov web site created a flood of blog posts that simply sought to say, “cool.”... View Article
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