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.
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The crisis of public trust in the presidency of Donald J. Trump
President Trump puts the future of his presidency at grave risk by his inexplicable failure to build trust.
Continue readingState of Open Corporate Data: Wins and Challenges Ahead
Last 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 readingHow Data Refuge works, and how YOU can help save federal open data
Editor’s Note: Last week, Sunlight joined Abbie Grotke, a digital library project manager at the Library of Congress, and professor... View Article
Continue readingCrowdsourcing a Constitution: Mexico City’s experiment in collaborative drafting
This 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 readingHow federal agencies and Congress pass laws to deny individual FOIA requests
A 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 readingOpenGov Voices: Making open data more accessible — three lessons from Boston
How do you share open data in a meaningful way to help citizens convert data into knowledge about their city?
Continue readingSending the wrong message to investors: Donald Trump and the rule of law
"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 readingOpen Contracting: What Works for American Cities
(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 readingOpenGov Voices: Telling open data stories about military history with data.mil
Earlier 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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