Codeando México recently launched the Retos Públicos (Public Challenges) program, an experiment that aims to change the way Mexico’s federal government designs and procures software.
Continue readingThere’s more to criminal justice data than you think: Delve into it with Sunlight’s new inventory
The nation's criminal justice data is, in many cases, unreliable and incomplete. At Sunlight, we're working to make access to the data that does exist better.
Continue readingHow to quickly set up Travis CI for your Ruby application
If you want your Travis build to go faster and you use [`bundler`](http://bundler.io/) in your Ruby project, try adding this to your .travis.yml.
Continue readingNet neutrality is essential for a healthy democracy
The principle of nondiscrimination that is the bedrock of the Internet is certainly good for consumers — but it’s even better for our democracy.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Bringing transparency to earmarks buried in the budget
Researchers at the University of Chicago spent the summer training computers to extract all the earmarks from the hundreds of pages of mind-numbing legalese found in each budget.
Continue readingA big win for open government: Sunlight gets U.S. to release indexes of federal data
For the first time, the United States government has agreed to release what we believe to be the largest index of government data in the world.
Continue readingWhen can we legally share protected data?
As Sunlight explores the public use of microdata, we are also exploring the practical, legal and ethical challenges of working with individual-level data.
Continue reading#Hack4Congress Boston: Making our lawmakers more responsive to the public
The inaugural #Hack4Congress took place last weekend, where attendees created innovative projects to help Congress work better.
Continue readingFEC provides one stop downloading for committee spending data
The FEC has made new information available in bulk form, a big step forward for investigators and political reporters looking to go through PAC spending line by line.
Continue readingAn upgrade for our State of the Union Machine
In preparation for President Obama's annual address to Congress next week, our State of the Union Machine just got an upgrade.
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