In today's edition, ProPublica and Property of the People got a hold of White House visitor records from the first year of the Trump administration, investigations abound in Washington, fake news can be a life or death matter in Myanmar, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Bills, bills, bills.
In today's edition, how a Trump-branded project in Panama became a money laundering machine, who signed on to cosponsor the Honest Ads Act, how open city data can help promote justice, what a corruption scandal means for upcoming elections in Costa Rica, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: A new age for political corruption?
In today's edition, you can become a citizen cosponsor of the HONEST Ads Act, WikiLeaks might cause more trouble for the extended Trump family, Colorado Springs is looking for feedback on its open data policy, journalism is risky in Thailand, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Sunshine coming to Kansas?
In today's edition, we celebrate the House's passage of important open government legislation, lawmakers call for more sunshine in Kansas, the Trump Administration discloses a report on the use of cyber vulnerabilities, and much more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: The House in Sessions
To start your morning off right, we recommend taking a look at our Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information, which are newly updated with links to OpenGovData.org, our open data policy resources, and much more. Elsewhere in today's edition, Jeff Sessions talks to the House Judiciary Committee, ProPublica unearths potential conflicts at the USDA, we join 108 other organizations in support of open data and evidence-based policymaking, Kenya's democracy hangs in the balance, and more.
Continue readingWhy we support using open data and evidence-based policymaking
This bill represents an important endorsement open government data by the U.S. Congress. It is a milestone for the open movement, an important validation of this way of making public policy, and the fundamental principles of data-driven 21st century governance. In the weeks ahead, we hope the House and Senate act to make open government data the default in the United States as part of a broader commitment to evidence-based policy making in the federal government based upon that data.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: What’s the matter with Kansas?
In today's edition, the Kansas City Star investigates Kansas' state of secrecy, WikiLeaks slides into Donald Trump Jr.'s DMs, Facebook asks for flexibility in political ad transparency, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Conflicted
In today's edition, the Supreme Court tentatively steps into the 21st century, you really can't be too rich for conflicts of interest, media blackouts weigh on President Trump's Asia trip, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: 150,000+ comments to FEC call for sunshine
In today's edition, the Federal Election Commission extends its online ad disclosure comments for a few more days, Tallahassee, Florida rules in favor of transparency, the U.S. sanctions Venezuela, a member of President Trump's "voter fraud" commission files suit, and more.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: Last day to urge the FEC to track online political ads
We've got one important reminder before you dig into today's roundup: Today is the final day to submit comments to the Federal Election Commission urging them to require disclosure for online political ads. We've been writing about the importance of disclosure for some time and think that online political ads should be at least as transparent as those on television and radio. We urge you to learn more about the proposed rule by reading the federal register notice and submit a comment to the FEC.
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