Over the past year, several states have taken steps forward regarding campaign finance disclosure, yet others have remained stagnant — or even moved backward.
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Tag Archive: Outside the Beltway
Open government reformers warn of growing dangers to democracy
Democracy is at risk. Spaces for civil society are closing. Those are the somber messages that arose again and again at the first day of the annual Open Government Partnership Summit in Paris.
Continue readingWhat’s at stake in the future of U.S. participation in the Open Government Partnership
In the years ahead, upholding transparency will be a primary goal from Paris to Tokyo to Buenos Aires. The United States continuing participation in the Open Government Partnership will help us achieve it here in D.C.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: How Kansas City, Kan., is fighting urban blight with open data
Kansas City, Kan., is using open data to involve the community and make informed decisions in it's battle against urban blight.
Continue readingInfluence Abroad: The state of global lobbying disclosure
In an increasingly global society, how can we track transnational political influence? We examined the state of international lobbying disclosure.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Do political finance regulations counter corruption?
Measuring high-level corruption and government favoritism has been the object of extensive scholarly and policy interest with relatively little progress in the last decade. See what these authors found in their most recent study.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Cape Coral’s small budget approach to open government
Through our partnership with What Works Cities, Cape Coral has been able to make significant progress on our strategic objective to achieve more transparency and provide access to open data to our community.
Continue readingInfluence Abroad: The transnational anti-bribery regime
Transnational bribery is an increasingly potent threat to democracies around the world. What's being done to mitigate it?
Continue readingOff the beaten path: Local election results (and spending) to watch
The presidential election and U.S congressional races have taken up a lot of oxygen in the room this cycle, but as we predicted, there’s also a lot going on at the state and local level.
Continue readingThe final stretch: Spending in key Senate races tops $800 million
Though spending on the presidential race is actually down a little for the first time in years, competitive U.S. Senate races are raising and spending money at a record-breaking pace.
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