A little while ago I blogged about Oregon Legislative Counsel claiming copyright over their revised statute laws and asking sites... 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 readingCorporate Profits Follow Power
Over the weekend, Tim Harford at Slate asked an interesting question: “How much do Republican-leaning corporations benefit from Republican political... View Article
Continue readingWashington’s Revolving Door
The American News Project has a nice piece today on the revolving door problem in Congress, using as an example... View Article
Continue readingFinancial Holdings of Spouses
The Center for Responsive Politics has a nice post that digs deeply into that treasure trove known as the Personal... View Article
Continue readingOne Step Forward for Transparency
Last month, I blogged about the Center for Public Integrity‘s brilliant expose’ “Shadow Government,” dealing with federal advisory committees, the... View Article
Continue readingTweetobbying
Rafael DeGennaro, founder and president of ReadTheBill.org (an early Sunlight grantee) has picked up on twittering between Rep. John Culberson... View Article
Continue readingRebooting Democracy
Rebooting Democracy, a compendium of some 44 essays, was released earlier this week at the Personal Democracy Forum conference. It... View Article
Continue readingGroups Demand More Transparency in Fundraising from McCain and Obama
Sunlight has joined with seven other organizations in calling on the McCain and Obama campaigns to provide more details about... View Article
Continue readingSmall Disclosure Win
In the wake of the Countrywide/Dodd/Conrad scandal, the six members of the Senate Ethics Committee are cosponsoring an amendment to... View Article
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