Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including a deceiving downturn in nationwide lobbying expenditures, the Hungarian Prime Minister's goal of an "illiberal" state granting him more power, and an Illinois House representative's coyness over his tax returns.

Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the departure of the US deputy Chief Technology Officer, a ramping up of Russian internet surveillance, and big billionaire dollars being dropped in local races nationwide.

Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the creation of the United States Digital Service, Bahrain's government's surveillance of activists and opposition politicians, and a DOJ report uncovering systemic abuses at New York City's Rikers Island jail.

Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the Patent and Trademark Office's struggle with its work-at-home program following fibbed timesheets and undeserved bonuses, Australia's suppression of the press surrounding a foreign bribery scandal, and the Californian city of Santa Ana's nondisclosure of information about the Mayor's new house–and the seller who received a contract over a million dollars following the house's discounted sale.

Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including a surreptitious end to reports and data on hospital errors, the release of a notable Chinese dissident lawyer and anti-corruption activist, and a lobbyist-turned-Congressional candidate painting herself as a Washington outsider despite her activity on the Hill.