Sunlight has long held that nonprofit e-file data should be open. Thanks to the IRS and many opengov advocates, now it is.
Continue readingHouse passes bill reducing disclosure of dark money donors
Yesterday, the House passed a GOP bill that eliminates the mandate for nonprofit groups to disclose their donors to the IRS.
Continue readingCelebrating Freedom of Information Act reform in Congress, and the road ahead
Monday’s vote to send the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 to the president's desk is the culmination of a decade of work from a coalition of advocates to reform the Freedom of Information Act.
Continue readingAnnouncing Sunlight’s new ‘Public Policy for Public Data Checklist’
Today, we are sharing an open data policy checklist in the form of a new website: the “Public Policy for Public Data Checklist.”
Continue reading12 new What Works Cities join program on path to open data
Today, the What Works Cities initiative (WWC) and its partners announced that 12 new cities would be joining the program.
Continue readingRep. Eshoo introduces bill requiring presidential nominees to release tax returns
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to require presidential candidates to release their tax returns.
Continue readingExpanding overtime pay may mean losses for corporate PACs
New overtime pay rules recently enacted by the Obama administration could weaken the coffers of corporate PACs.
Continue readingThe FBI shouldn’t restrict the public’s right to know about our data
The Sunlight Foundation joined 45 groups urging the Justice Department to give the public more comment time on its decision to exclude the Next Generation Identification program from Privacy Act rules.
Continue readingCopyright California: How a new bill could curtail access to public information
New legislation could entirely change the nature of what is available in California as truly public information.
Continue readingHouse makes spending data available in easy-to-use format
You no longer have to rely on paper statements or PDFs from the House!
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