Last week, the White House released another set of visitor logs online and in a format that can be parsed... View Article
Continue readingThe Business of Not Lobbying
This is outrageous. National Journal’s Under the Influence blog has a piece up on a new lobbying shop whose selling... View Article
Continue reading2009 in Capitol Words + Colors
CapitolWords.org is a Sunlight Foundation site that “visualizes the most frequently used words in the Congressional Record, giving you an... View Article
Continue readingMaking the Power of the Internet Work for the Government
Earlier this year, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget requested comments on improving the Paperwork Reduction Act. The... View Article
Continue readingSkipping Conference Committee: What Does It Mean?
Earlier today, Jonathan Cohn broke the news that House and Senate Democrats are “almost certainly” going to bypass the official... View Article
Continue reading4th Quarter House Statement of Disbursements?
On November 30, the House of Representatives released its third quarter Statement of Disbursements (July 1-Sept. 30) online in PDF... View Article
Continue readingAnd We’re Back
Happy New Year everyone! After a few days off for the holidays the Sunlight staff is all back in the... View Article
Continue readingState Government Online
There was a terrific op ed in the Maryland section of the Washington Post this weekend by two locally based... View Article
Continue readingWhite House Visitor Logs — 25k Records Released for Late September
Today the White House released its log of White House visitors for the period of September 16-30, 2009. (Here’s today’s... View Article
Continue readingIt Was A Very Good Year
Sunlight hasn’t been around nearly as long as that song — it was first recorded in 1961 and we opened... View Article
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