Last weekend more than 2,400 women bloggers descended on New York City for the annual Blogher conference. That was eight... View Article
Continue readingCity of Bell and the Case for Grassroots Transparency
I’m proud to present this independent research project by our summer intern Mike Liu. Mike looked at his home state... View Article
Continue readingStatelight: Transparency in a Box, Pt. 1
I’m excited to announce a new project from Public Equals Online and the Sunlight Foundation: Over the next few weeks and months, we’ll be developing - in large part through public blog posts such as this one - a curriculum, or guide, on how to do state level organizing and advocacy around transparency and open government.
Continue readingHow Rangel defended Rosty
Former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski died today at the age of 82. Rostenkowski was a powerful committee chair, head of the... View Article
Continue readingNew Stakes for Government Reform
The White House is characterizing their failure to replace Ethics Czar Norm Eisen as an upgrade. If they wanted to... View Article
Continue readingCharlie Rangel is full of it
If you haven’t caught Rep. Charlie Rangel’s rambling rant–the one where he went the full Traficant–you really should. In it... View Article
Continue readingA Principled Look at Open Data
From Moses to James Madison to David Letterman, important ideas come in lists of ten, as do these principles for... View Article
Continue readingTed Stevens 1923-2010
Former Sen. Ted Stevens was confirmed dead at the site of a plane crash in Alaska. The plane was carrying... View Article
Continue readingRangel to Congress: Go get your shine box!
Now that’s what C-SPAN is for! Rep. Charlie Rangel just took to the floor of the House to defend himself... View Article
Continue readingCongress is somewhat more complicated than you think
A poster over at Slashdot put up an agitated reader comment about the changing nature of the state aid bill... View Article
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