(Photo credit: Democracy Chronicles/Flickr) TAKING AIM: Melissa Yeager and Josh Stewart dug into the National Rifle Association’s influence, going beyond... View Article
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OPACITY. Scripps News: “New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has the power to force the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Obama’s legacy on transparency, open data portals sprout across America
MOST TRANSPARENT? Over the past seven years, we have both acknowledged the Obama administration’s progress on open government, decried its... View Article
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WHO DAT-A? New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu signed an executive order establishing an Open Data Policy today. You can see... View Article
Continue readingToday in Open: Using open data to combat sexual assault, Kenya signs FOIA into law, NJ goes GLOMAR
ACCOUNTABILITY: Emily Shaw on using data to track police response to sexual assault: “Maryland accident lawyer of Justice employed to... View Article
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TRANSITIONS: The transparency, accountability and accessibility a presidential candidate and his or her transition team demonstrates before, during and after... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: SCOTUS decision leads to more joint fundraising, finding California data, truthiness
THANK YOU! On Saturday, the Sunlight Foundation teamed up with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Data Foundation, and Level Zero... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Explaining foreign influence in America, the Pentagon’s ridiculous FOIA ask, NSTIC pilots and more
[President Obama uses virtual reality goggles in the White House to look at Yellowstone National Park. Feel free to send... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Transparency in 2016, internet ad blind spots and California’s anti-eavesdropping bill
TRANSPARENCY AT CENTER STAGE: Both major party presidential nominees are being criticized across the political spectrum for failing to be... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Untangling foreign influence, new lows for campaign transparency
INFLUENCE: A new tranche of emails obtained by Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act suggest special access to Secretary... View Article
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