Recently, OpenCongress, a joint project of The Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation announced a new and improved way... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 8/15/2011
Here is Monday’s look at the week’s transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Google gobbles 7-month-old Motorola spinoff, faces FTC heat
Just 7 months after spinning off from its parent company, Motorola Mobility will be purchased by Google, Inc. for $12.5... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Tennessee keeps ethics violations secret
A new trend by those in power to keep public information secret from those who are not, is slowly spreading.... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 8/12/2011
Here is Friday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News... View Article
Continue readingChoosing CRS’s Next Director
Want to be the next Director of the Congressional Research Service? This past Monday, the Library of Congress posted a... View Article
Continue readingReport Ties Financial Industry Lobbying to the Financial Crisis
“The political influence of the financial industry can be a source of systemic risk,” is the thrust of an IMF... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 8/11/2011
Here is Thursday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News... View Article
Continue readingEmpowering Citizens to become better Watchdogs
Our trip to Utah last month to deliver your letters to the National Governors Association (NGA) — asking our governors... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Track the People Tracking You with Ghostery
Ghostery is a free browser plug-in (available for Firefox and Google Chrome) that lets you watch who’s watching you as... View Article
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