Sometimes congressional seats come fixed with a superstitious quality; a curse, perhaps. North Carolina’s Class 3 Senate seat is famous... View Article
Continue readingTransparency Matters, Yes It Does!
Transparency Matters is a new social networking site for journalists and others interested in making the U.S. government transparent. It... View Article
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True democratic government depends on citizens being able to monitor and participate in the actions and activities of their government. ... View Article
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Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
Continue readingTHOMAS Publishes Permanent Links (Another Recommendation Realized)
(cross-posted from the Open House Project) Fulfilling one of the recommendations of the Open House Project report, The Library of... View Article
Continue readingExcellent Local Wiki Resource
Loudoun County in Virginia just launched a new wiki to collect community news and information. Loudounpedia is run by the... View Article
Continue readingKentucky Needs Your Help!
Government Technology reports that Kentucky just launched a draft of its E-Transparency Web site and is asking citizens to comment... View Article
Continue readingNewsTrust.net 3.0
Sunlight grantee NewsTrust.net helps citizens make informed decisions about our democracy by making it easier to find good journalism online.... View Article
Continue readingCongress can Tweet, Follow Them with Capitol Tweets Widget
On Friday, we told you about the happy ending to months of negotiations to modernize the Franking rules that govern... View Article
Continue readingWeb-Use Reform Happy Ending
(Cross-Posted from the Open House Project) Yesterday, after months of negotiations and proposals, the House joined the Senate in updating... View Article
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