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"She Said, He Said" is a prototype app that allows users to search by legislator, bill or address to find related video and voting records.
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DISCLOSE: A new Senate bill would mandate the presidential nominee of major parties to disclose their tax returns. The Sunlight Foundation... View Article
Continue readingSenate bill would require presidential nominees to release tax returns
A bill introduced in the Senate today would require presidential nominees to release 3 years of tax returns.
Continue readingCuomo’s bill would help close New York’s infamous ‘LLC loophole’
Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls for greater transparency in his state, specifically for LLCs.
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: iQuant shows why open data matters in New York
WOW: When Ben Wellington analyzed open data released by the city of New York and mapped it out, he found... View Article
Continue readingToday in OpenGov: The revolution will be … digitized?
FOR THE RECORD: The whistleblower behind the Panama Papers made a statement about why he or she provided the data... View Article
Continue readingSwag for Sunlight: The time we asked ‘Nerd Prom’ attendees to donate their party favors
White House Correspondents Weekend is supposed to celebrate transparency. So, filmmaker Patrick Gavin had an idea: Would party-goers be willing to stand up for transparency by donating their swag bags to Sunlight?
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Announcing TransparencyCamp Online, March 19!
Join some of the brightest minds in opengov and transparency for an independently organized online unconference on Saturday, March 19.
Continue reading6 years later, the impact of Citizens United still looms large
In the six years since Citizens United, the infamous court decision has become shorthand for many of the problems with campaign finance in the U.S.
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