Open data has been used in nontraditional ways to monitor human rights violations, to engage the public in the topic and even to stop human rights violations as they are happening.
Continue readingHow to get involved in Open Data Day 2016
March 5, 2016 is Open Data Day, and it’s right around the corner! Here's what you need to know about this worldwide effort to support and encourage the use of open data.
Continue readingTacoma becomes sixth What Works City to adopt an open data policy
Tacoma, Wash., just passed an open data policy that will allow the city to make better decisions that will ultimately improve the lives of its citizens.
Continue readingTulsa brings a new kind of energy to its open data policy and practice
With Tulsa’s new policy framework, the city has successfully focused on open data implementation and put in place a strategy for getting there with a new kind of energy.
Continue readingReconciling criminal history open data and expungement
Inmate and arrest data will likely remain available in a variety of formats online. Unfortunately, those identified in the data may face long-term impact even after they have “paid their debt” to society.
Continue readingBalancing post-conviction data and privacy
Many states publish inmate databases online, but standards for sharing these resources with the public don’t exist — causing discrepancies in how governments approach them.
Continue readingSunlight launches Hall of Justice, a massive data inventory on criminal justice across the U.S.
Today, Sunlight is launching Hall of Justice, a robust, searchable data inventory of nearly 10,000 datasets and research documents from across all 50 states and the federal government.
Continue readingFCC votes to expand transparency for political ads
The FCC voted unanimously today to require cable, satellite and radio stations to upload their political files online.
Continue readingMembers of Congress urge FCC to enforce political ad disclosure
Reps. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., led 168 House Democrats in scorning the FCC for its failure to enforce rules that require advertisers to disclose the true sponsors of political ads.
Continue reading4 things to know about the new FOIA reform bill
Nearing its 50th anniversary, the Freedom of Information Act saw its biggest overhaul since 2007 yesterday when the House passed The FOIA Act.
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