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Today, the Pew Research Center released a new report showing the majority of Americans hope more transparency and data sharing by government will make officials more accountable.
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Nick Judd — a journalist, editor and current Ph.D. student — will join our reporting team this summer as Sunlight's second Google Journalism Fellow.
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I had the chance to spend some time working with the Sunlight Foundation in Washington, D.C. Here are five things I learned about openness and transparency during my experience.
Continue readingLiberal group to air ‘issue ad’ in Iowa
A left-leaning nonprofit will begin airing ads on the renewable fuel standard in Des Moines on Monday, days after Hillary Clinton wrapped up her first road trip through Iowa as a presidential candidate.
Continue readingDeletes of the Week: Catching delayed deletions on Twitter
As a tweet ages and falls from the recent stream, it's easier to quietly scrub those statements without getting attention — unless you're a politician in Politwoops.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Politicians duped into retweets
Politwoops is starting to see more opportunists trick politicians into retweeting embarrassing things that they later delete.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Deletions deserve an explanation
Politwoops, Sunlight's archive of deleted tweets from politicians, exposes how some lawmakers are stubborn when pressed to discuss removed messaging, no matter how trivial.
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