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Why turning off C-SPAN's cameras in the House during the Democratic sit-in led to troubling questions over legislative transparency.
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At the 2016 Legislative Data and Transparency Conference, attendees explored new ways of opening up the legislative branch to the public.
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Over the past decade, the legislative branch of the U.S. government has gone through a quiet evolution in information technology.
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This year, Sunlight will be taking on more responsibility for administering the US City Open Data Census, which evaluates participating cities based on the publication of local government datasets.
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The District of Columbia needs to balance privacy with transparency when releasing information on its voters.
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