The amount of money available for flagship transparency programs and how they will be funded is again the subject of... View Article
Continue readingBroad Spectrum of Interests Urge Super Committee Transparency
A bipartisan assembly of groups representing a variety of interests—from a conservative government watchdog to a supporter of women’s rights... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “…transparency and accountability is still about actions, not words…”
Last week, due to Veterans Day we were unable to publish the weekly roundup. Here is what you missed in... View Article
Continue readingGrowing Support for Online Release of Agency Reports
A bill to make federal agency reports to Congress available to the public online has garnered bipartisan support in the... View Article
Continue readingThe News Without Transparency: Obama-Backed Solar Firm Collapses After Big Federal Loan Guarantee
A relatively unknown private company filing for bankruptcy is not usually a major national news story. When the solar energy firm... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 11/15/2011
Policy Fellow Matt Rumsey wrote this post. Here is Tuesday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills... View Article
Continue readingNew Donor Transparency Index from Publish What You Fund
Today the non-government organization Publish What You Fund released a report and index evaluating how well donors release information about... View Article
Continue readingOn company identifiers, the web and reinventing the wheel
This guest post is by Chris Taggart, who co-chaired a workshop on organisational identifiers at the Open Government Data Camp... View Article
Continue readingOnly Sunlight Can Lift Congress’ Ethics Cloud
Are Members of Congress using inside information gathered as part of their jobs to make financial investments (and get rich…er?)... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 11/14/2011
Policy Fellow Matt Rumsey wrote this post. Here is the week’s first look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings,... View Article
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