In an era of growing globalization but decreasing journalistic capacity, some of the best international reporting comes through collaboration.
Continue readingPAC linked to Cornyn staffer said to be unaffiliated with senator
The managing partner of a Republican research firm says that it was “kind of stupid” to list Josh Eboch, Texas... View Article
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 10/7/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including secret money everywhere, bike share visualizations, pyramid schemes, and more.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: deleted press release, a challenger’s dream and memories of working for the CIA
It was another busy week on Politwoops, with politicians attempting to hide tweets that included an entire press release, an adaptation of a Martin Luther King Jr. quote and much more.
Continue readingThere’s no sunlight in the shadows
Jason Grumet argues that there's a dark side to sunlight. But transparency is necessary for accountable government; in fact, it's hard-wired into the American democracy.
Continue readingRecovery.gov, now less useful!
Entity information served as the beating heart of Recovery.gov. Unfortunately, that information is no longer available thanks to the government's reliance on proprietary DUNS numbers.
Continue readingYou’re invited! Join us for #Sunfright, our annual Open House
Sunlight’s Open House is back! And you’d better believe we’re pulling out all the stops this year to serve the people we love most in the world — you!
Continue readingSunlight challenges a trademark takedown
On Sept. 17, we received an email from a "legal administrator" asking Sunlight to remove the Deloitte logo from three pages at InfluenceExplorer.com. With the help of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, we responded: Nope.
Continue readingCivic wants, civic needs, civic tech
Civic tech aims to solve the problems facing the people. But what are the main problems we’re solving? Who is this public we’re benefiting? What exactly is “the civic tech approach” to this public’s problems?
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Deleted poll celebration, delayed sarcasm detection, a shared donation check and more
In this week's extra-packed roundup of deletions archived by Politwoops, we examine politicians who revoked polling proclamations, quiz results, a call for national party support and a demand to know where basketball jerseys are.
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