GovTrack's map of congressional districts to is now more responsive, more legible and easier to reproduce.
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In an unprecedented move, lawmakers used smartphones to livestream their protest on the House floor using Twitter, Periscope and Facebook Live.
Continue readingCongress commits to making deliberative decisions more transparent online
At the 2016 Legislative Data and Transparency Conference, attendees explored new ways of opening up the legislative branch to the public.
Continue readingA decade of progress opening up congressional data to the public
Over the past decade, the legislative branch of the U.S. government has gone through a quiet evolution in information technology.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Governing together for a better Wichita
Wichita, Kan., was recently named a What Works City. See how the "Air Capital of the World" values collaboration and conversation with its citizens through technology.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Opening nonprofit tax-return data online will be transformative
On June 15, the IRS began publishing nonprofit tax returns, known as Form 990s, online as open government data. The effect of this result will be transformative.
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!
Continue readingSunlight adds more than 100 new datasets to our Hall of Justice database
Today, we are pleased to announce that Hall of Justice now includes 125 additional datasets made available to the public through the Police Data Initiative.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: ‘She Said, He Said’ opens the books in Colorado
"She Said, He Said" is a prototype app that allows users to search by legislator, bill or address to find related video and voting records.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: How I mapped out my community in 15 minutes with open data
We need maps – and the data to produce them – so we can better share and understand where we live, who we live with and what community resources are available.
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