The Financial Reform bill contains a minor concession for transparency that we called for last year — a small step... View Article
Continue readingBanking Influence Link Omnibus
1) The Hill reports that the big banks have increased their lobbying in the first quarter of 2010 from their... View Article
Continue readingHow We Spent Tax Day.
Last Thursday the Sunlight Foundation had its first fundraiser in Washington DC. We did this to benefit our Public=Online campaign... View Article
Continue readingBanks, Exchanges Seek to Influence Derivatives Reform
The final piece of the financial regulatory reform puzzle is about to come into place as Sen. Blanche Lincoln released... View Article
Continue readingFederal agencies drop their data IOU notes
Cowritten by Laurenellen McCann When federal agencies released their open government plans earlier this month the thing I was most... View Article
Continue readingGetting a Receipt this Year?
Hate 'em or love 'em, you almost certainly invested more of your hard earned money into the government last year than you did any other thing in your life. In fact, it's likely that you spent more on government than you did food, clothing and shelter combined. And did you get a receipt for it?
Continue readingVoters are Left in the Dark about Who Funds Senators’ Campaigns
Today, most citizens will be frantically filing their taxes with the IRS, or patting themselves on the back for getting... View Article
Continue readingDo Your Taxes And Then Come Have A Drink For Open Government
Tonight is the Sunlight Foundations Tax Day Fundraiser with Finn Riggins. If you are in DC tonight and haven’t RSVP’d... View Article
Continue readingSunlight keeps pushing for a strong response to Citizens United
According to various news reports, we can expect to see the legislative response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens... View Article
Continue readingWhen transparency can save lives
Dan Froomkin has a good write-up of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) failure to release certain notes related... View Article
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