Data USA enables users to instantly visualize open data from government agencies, instantly drilling down into locations, industries or occupations with a click.
Continue readingWelcome to Docket Wrench, SEC and CFTC!
Support from Transparency International and a partnership with Thomson Reuters Foundation has enabled Sunlight to make data from the two important financial regulatory agencies available for analysis.
Continue readingSunlight’s Foreign Influence Explorer influences DOJ policy
When Sunlight and our coalition partners were invited to meet with Associate Attorney General Tony West in April to discuss transparency initiatives, FARA reform was what Sunlight brought to the table. And, perhaps to some surprise, it has led to some tangible results.
Continue readingTools for Transparency: A Crowdmap for Open Government
Crowdmap is the hosted version of the Ushahidi platform, which allows you to quickly crowdsource information to a map in real time. Crowdmap has typically been used to monitor elections in developing countries, map crisis information as an event unfolds or to curate local resources. Two examples include Syria Tracker which tracks the missing, arrested or killed in Syria while Vacant NYC keeps tabs on vacant properties in and around New York City. We've been using the service for the past few months to curate Sunlight Meetups and open government events taking place around the United States. You can see the latest events on our Participate page.
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Using Python for government transparency
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by the guest blogger and those providing comments are theirs alone and do not reflect the... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: A How-to Guide for Social Network Analysis with NodeXL
This post by guest blogger Justin Grimes is the second and last half of a special edition of our Tools... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: NodeXL
This week’s Tools for Transparency post is part of a two-part mini-series by guest blogger Justin Grimes. Justin (@justgrimes) is... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Setting up AdWords, Analytics & Webmaster Toolkit
Google’s nonprofit program offers a variety of services your organization can leverage to the benefit of your community. If you... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Take Control of Your Gmail Inbox
In an ideal world we would quickly respond to emails, keep the clutter to a minimum and access the information... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Learn HTML, CSS and Javascript with Codecademy
Content management systems are becoming essential for running our web sites, with easy to use WYSIWYG interfaces and simple CMS... View Article
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