Sad news that Sen. Ted Kennedy has passed away from brain cancer. Kennedy was not just a prolific legislator and... View Article
Continue readingDaschle: Shadow Secretary & Health Care Lobbyist?
Despite his withdrawal from consideration for the Health and Human Services (HHS) cabinet position, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle... View Article
Continue readingApps for America: The Finalists
And then there were three. After 47 great entries, we have three finalists in the Apps for America contest, and now it is time for us to figure out the winners. After taking a look at the winners, there's instructions on how to vote at the end of the post. The finalists are in random order:
Continue readingThis Week in Transparency – August 21, 2009
Here are some of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and allies over the past week:... View Article
Continue readingWhat am I reading today?
The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) reviewed all 50 state formulas for disclosing stimulus contracts and found that New Hampshire... View Article
Continue readingDigital Democracy Contest
Last week, we blogged about the Digital Democracy Project, a free Web-based game for high school social studies classes. And... View Article
Continue readingMoney, Meds, and Members of Congress
I’m proud to present an independent research project by one of Sunlight Foundation’s summer semester interns, Lindsay Young. Lindsay dives... View Article
Continue readingAre the Inspector General’s Financial Bailout Recommendations Out of Date?
Earlier this month, the Inspector General responsible for overseeing the government’s bailout of the financial sector released an audit of... View Article
Continue readingPro Publica and Sunlight Lift the Lid on Foreign Lobbying
Former government officials in the pay of foreign interests. Lobbyists introducing foreign military officials to defense contractors. Foreign agents descending... View Article
Continue readingWho Counts On Cloture?
While the guns of august rage at town halls throughout the country, pundits in Washington and staffers in Congress and... View Article
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