Under the Trump administration, federal agencies have been removing important Web resources without proactive notice or justification. We should hold our government accountable to clearly explain its actions and not remove Web content when there’s no good reason for doing so.
Continue readingHow transparency can help the public trust federal stewardship of taxpayer dollars
In 2017, we cannot trust and verify that is occurring in our federal government. The American public should be able to see how secretaries are conducting public business, when, where and with whom.
Continue readingReduced online access to federal scientific information is diminishing democracy
Originally posted on the UCS Equation On Monday, Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced his long awaited... View Article
Continue readingClassifying changes to public access to information on US government websites
Changes to Web content can be especially confusing and opaque to the public when agencies don’t proactively document and explain how and why they change their websites. By clearly laying out how agencies are managing Web resources and changing websites using this classification system, our goal is to inform the public and lawmakers, gain insight into better systems for digital resource management, and provide information that can help keep our government accountable.
Continue readingTurkish Airlines event at Trump Golf Course tees off emolumental problems
On September 18, 2017, The Trump National Golf Club in DC hosted the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup. If you... View Article
Continue readingChanges to USGS website highlight the importance of search for public access
If the public cannot find a resource in a search result list anymore, can that public information still be said to be accessible? Yes, and no.
Continue readingMore sunshine for the Trump Family’s global conflicts of interest
Sunlight's growing Trump Conflicts of Interest project now includes 1144 active concerns for the First Family. The conflicts we found in Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s financial disclosures exceed the extraordinary volume attributed to the President.
Continue readingPutting sunshine on President Trump’s conflicts of interest
In November 2016, Sunlight began tracking President Donald J. Trump’s conflicts of interest. In May 2017, we relaunched our list... View Article
Continue readingWhat we’ve learned about the Trump administration’s changes to government websites won’t shock you
In 2017, there have been major reductions to public access to public information about the environment, energy, and climate change on federal websites, including EPA, DOE, DOT, Interior, State, USDA and the White House.
Continue readingWhy we’re joining Sunlight to report on public access to public information
We're monitoring changes public access to public information on federal government websites under the Trump administration.
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