IBM Research recently released Many Bills, a new companion project to their wildly successful Many Eyes visualization tool set. Many... View Article
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Since the 1990 election cycle, the finance, insurance and real estate sector (FIRE) has donated over $2.3 billion to federal... View Article
Continue readingWhy do people care about government transparency?
At our recent unconference, Transparency Camp, we went around and asked participants why they care about government transparency – here’s... View Article
Continue readingRevolving Door Staffer Rebuked, Permanently Banned From Talking to Committee Staff
Earlier this week, Peter Roberson, a top staffer on the House Financial Services Committee, jumped ship to lobby for Intercontinental... View Article
Continue readingPBS On A Wired White House (w/Sunlight Live cameo appearance)
PBS Newshour ran a report on the use of new media by the White House and their supporters. The program... View Article
Continue readingIn the year 2000…
The Senate Finance Committee, perhaps the most powerful committees in Congress, finally updated their web site. I emphasize finally for... View Article
Continue readingLast Minute Drug Deal In Health Care Reform
Concessions to the pharmaceutical industry were added to the reconciliation bill after the industry agreed to provide additional savings requested... View Article
Continue readingWhy should public data be online?
While some things don’t really need a public service announcement, we felt our Public=Online campaign could benefit from one. The... View Article
Continue readingWhy everyone should know what makes a good data set; it’s not as hard as you think
In many offices, when technology questions arise, the answer is to reflexively trust the technologists. These are often the folks... View Article
Continue readingThe Week of Our Lives
What happened here this week? Rep. Mike Quigley intoduced the Transparency in Government Act; Reps. Quigley and Darrell Issa launched... View Article
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