
When people are asked to shift the ways that they think about and use data, resistance is normal. Here's how Tempe, Arizona is building a culture that treats data as a strategic asset.
Continue readingWhen people are asked to shift the ways that they think about and use data, resistance is normal. Here's how Tempe, Arizona is building a culture that treats data as a strategic asset.
Continue readingPresident Trump puts the future of his presidency at grave risk by his inexplicable failure to build trust.
Continue readingLast year saw advances and setbacks for opening data about the ownership of corporations, but it's critical that the world continues to push for genuine transparency and access to company registers as open data in 2017.
Continue readingEditor’s Note: Last week, Sunlight joined Abbie Grotke, a digital library project manager at the Library of Congress, and professor... View Article
Continue readingThis is the story of Mexico City's efforts to crowdsource a constitution, as told by Bernardo Rivera-Muñozcano, a political advisor in General Counselor’s Office.
Continue readingA judge can force a federal agency to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request. But, while the FOIA is pending, the agency can ask Congress to pass a law allowing it to withhold the requested information.
Continue readingHow do you share open data in a meaningful way to help citizens convert data into knowledge about their city?
Continue reading"Trump signals that his interests take precedence over the public’s right to know or the interests of other investors, who will not have the same access he and his family have to make good market decisions." – Professor Susan Ariel Aaronson
Continue reading(Photo credit: Jen Gallardo/Flickr) Through the What Works Cities Initiative, Sunlight Foundation is working with mid-sized cities to support the... View Article
Continue readingEarlier this month, the Department of Defense launched a new open government data platform, data.mil. Above, you can see a... View Article
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