NEWS ROUNDUP Government Open Gov 2.0: Federal agencies have been releasing their updated Open Government Plans over the past week.... View Article
Continue readingDC’s ANCs should put their financial reports online
This post was written by Policy Fellow Matt Rumsey. A version was cross-posted on Greater Greater Washington where Matt is a contributor. ... View Article
Continue readingCommittees Make Leap to Online Video, but Approps Doesn’t Get the Picture
by Daniel Schuman and Cassandra LaRussa Despite significant strides towards improving public access to legislative proceedings, nearly a quarter of... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 4/16/2012
NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Mitt’s got a secret? The Obama campaign and its affiliated super PACs are preparing to target Mitt... View Article
Continue readingSurvey on Open Corporate Data Ranks Former Soviet Countries as More Transparent than the U.S.
This week, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) will convene its first annual meeting in Brasilia. The OGP is a coalition... View Article
Continue readingLobby more, pay less in taxes
If you think you wound up paying too much in taxes this year, maybe you ought to hire a lobbyist.... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “Information is the currency of democracy”
The Salt Lake Tribune covered a University of Utah honors class project: developing a set of five guiding principles to help... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP Government CIO sit Down: Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel sat down with Alex Howard for a discussion about the future... View Article
Continue readingCISPA is Terrible for Transparency
The new cybersecurity bill, CISPA, or HR 3523, is terrible on transparency. The bill proposes broad new information collection and... 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
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