WeVote, a new civic tech project powered by Sunlight's Open States API, is building a bridge between the public and their elected representatives on the state level.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: How the FEC is making it easier to follow the money
As part of a renewed transparency effort, the FEC is rolling out a fresh website to be more nimble, navigable and provide more customizable information to all.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Challenges and solutions to collecting law enforcement data
Participants in the White House's Police Data Initiative identified challenges and solutions across law enforcement data collection, analysis and release. Here are the ideas and actions that came out of those discussions.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Making dollars and sense of DOJ’s new FOIA fee rule
When the Department of Justice revised its Freedom of Information Act regulations last month, it adopted language that might inflate requesters’ FOIA costs across all agencies.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Moving the food system forward with open data
Opening up usable data in the agriculture and nutrition sectors is critical to moving forward. Advocating to make this change happen is at the heart of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: How civil society can nudge Nigeria to deliver on its open data promise
Nigeria's open-source community has high hopes, but low trust in government and little internet access. That didn't stop Reboot, which created a dataset on school construction — and then used the data to open a valuable civic dialogue.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Who tries to influence policies in Slovenia — and who knows about it?
TI Slovenia is mapping out a comprehensive public record of lobbyists’ influence, providing a way to better analyze corruption risks embedded in the legislative process.
Continue readingOur Take on Why You Should Throw a March Madness Party
Now that it’s March, you could have one thing in mind: March Madness. If this is the case, then you... View Article
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: The gaps in the holes – Oil and gas drilling data inadequacies
The scope and pace of modern oil and gas extraction has exploded in recent years with the advent of hydraulic fracturing and related exploration technologies. Data quality and management, unfortunately, have not kept up.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Lessons learned from Mexico’s procurement process
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.
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