Beginning Tuesday, every broadcast television station in the country will have to post online copies of contracts and other information about the political advertisements they are airing.
Continue readingSunlight joining EFF and others in holding secret surveillance accountable
Today, Sunlight is proud to join a coalition of groups demanding more transparency and an end to mass secret surveillance.
Continue readingLeahy and Cornyn FOIA bill promises much-needed reform
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Chairman, Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt., and ranking Republican, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, introduced the FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 yesterday. Its reforms are long-awaited — and much needed.
Continue readingThe Impact of Open: Keeping you healthy
Health data makes the case for the social impact of open data.
Continue readingLet’s talk money, politics and transparency at Open Knowledge Festival 2014
Come join our Money, Politics and Transparency session at OKFestival2014 in Berlin this July to hear about the current challenges in different political finance disclosure regimes and to brainstorm about potential next steps for the open government community.
Continue readingMore Snowden Effect: Grayson amendment protects security standards from NSA
Another step has been taken to protect Americans from the NSA, one that improves information security and builds a significant barrier to the agency's ability to weaken security and encryption standards.
Continue readingA global perspective on TransparencyCamp 2014
The record-breaking success of TCamp14 extended beyond U.S. borders. With over 50 participants from more than 29 countries at this year’s TCamp, we are truly becoming a global community.
Continue readingIRS to issue new rules on dark money spending by nonprofits
In an important development, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen announced that the agency will take steps to ensure it curbs the proliferation of dark money in federal elections.
Continue readingFive takeaways from a new campaign finance report
The campaign finance legal landscape has changed a lot in the last few years. But how? A new report from Daniel Tokaji and Renata Strause at The Ohio State University’s Election Law @ Moritz provides an excellent overview.
Continue readingNonprofit data just went offline, and it’s the government’s fault
Carl Malamud has just taken his archive of nonprofit data offline because of the government's failure to respond to serious concerns.
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