Today, YouTube announced the creation of two channels made specifically to accomodate videos posted by congressional lawmakers. The channels have... View Article
Continue readingCREW Victory on White House Records
Yesterday, in a major victory for open government and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), a federal judge ruled against... View Article
Continue readingRep McKeon’s Video Tours
(From the Open House Project blog) If you’re like me, you’ll watch this straight through. Start with “NEW Behind the... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Labs on NYT API
In Ellen Miller’s post yesterday regarding the release of numerous API’s in one day, concerns were mentioned in respect to... View Article
Continue readingWiki the White House
The Wiki the White House event featuring Sunlight’s Ellen Miller is live streaming now on the New America Foundation’s site.... View Article
Continue readingStimulus Bill Transparency
Sunlight’s Bill Allison was on Brian Lehrer Live discussing efforts to put the proposed stimulus bill online and in a... View Article
Continue readingTARP Progress on Transparency?
Here’s some potentially encouraging news. On Wednesday, Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General of TARP, disclosed that recently-approved agreements with... View Article
Continue readingOpenData Thursday
Massie Ritsch, the Center for Responsive Politics’ communication director, has declared 2009 “The Year for Open Data.” And judging by... View Article
Continue readingNew Earmark Reform Push in the Senate
John McCain and Russ Feingold are putting the old team back together to push for earmark reform in the Senate.... View Article
Continue readingPresidential Library Disclosure
Maybe I’m tilting at windmills here, but I think that the fact that one of the first pieces of legislation... View Article
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