Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and Sunlight board member, has written a thoughtful piece on service and volunteerism for The... View Article
Continue readingInauguration Donor Disclosure
Last week, the Presidential Inauguration Committee 2009 disclosed a list of contributors and bundlers. Both lists are available at the... View Article
Continue readingEthics & Transparency Reform Discussions
Conservative bloggers Soren Dayton and Mark Tapscott have been discussing possible ethics and transparency reforms that minority Republicans could push... View Article
Continue readingLocal Sunlight
Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
Continue readingAuto Bailout, Foreign Plants, and Senate Votes
The auto bailout vote split along both partisan and regional lines, which in turn exposed the regional rivalry of Southern-located... View Article
Continue readingSubsidyScope Launches
SubsidyScope, a new project by Economic Policy Department of The Pew Charitable Trusts, launches today. The purpose of SubsidyScope is... View Article
Continue readingSignificant GovTrack.us Improvements
(from the Open House Project google group) I think this is a Really Big Deal. GovTrack just quietly introduced a... View Article
Continue readingYes, Lucrezia, There is an Internet
Last night my partner Lucrezia asked me, “Is the Internet real?” She was kidding but it’s a reasonable question. The... View Article
Continue readingWeek In Review: Sunlight Blogosphere (Week of Dec 12, 2008)
The automotive bailout – or bridge loan – may have failed in Congress but that hasn’t stopped analysis of the... View Article
Continue readingWill Change.gov Post State Funding Requests?
Here’s a transparency suggestion for President-elect Barack Obama’s team from Jan Strasma of Citizens against the Sprawlway. He points to... View Article
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