Sunlight and the Asian American Journalists Association is offering one of the last chances to get hands-on, in-person training on a whole host of new and improved money-in-politics tracking tools before the 2014 elections.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/24/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including upcoming privacy guidelines for commercial drone use, controversies surrounding Japan's Secrecy Act and its possible loopholes for stifling journalists, and the Massachusetts state House and Senate taking a firm stand on more super PAC disclosure.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/23/14
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including divergent super PAC strategies for Democrats and Republicans in 2014, arrests of police officers on a corruption investigation in Turkey, and plenty of state and local news.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/22/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including new House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's generous donation influx from lobbyists and executives alike, a lack of transparency as Russian-backed militants continue to hamper analysis of the tragic crash of MH17, and a lobbying battle in Sacramento over popular ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft.
Continue readingTop super PAC donors lean left
There are no Republicans among the top three individual donors to super PACs this political cycle. That's a huge turnaround from 2012, when the top three spots all went to GOP megadonors.
Continue readingMoney, Politics and Transparency: What we learned at OKFest
Many of us in the global anti-corruption and transparency communities were lucky enough to convene at the Open Knowledge Festival in Berlin last week - here's what we learned.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: a YMCA bus, a drone and $s
It was a very busy week for Politwoops with a number of notable deletions, a slew of mentions by major media outlets and tens of thousands of new visitors.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: FDA, keep your hands off our cheap cigars
The FDA is receiving a flood of comment letters from cigar aficionados who want the agency to lay off regulating pricey cigars as part of a long-fought initiative to regulate tobacco products.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/18/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including a host of PAC formations and expansions in the lead-up to the 2014 Midterm Elections, the UK's apparent struggles with data and water damage, and plenty of state and local news.
Continue readingNo, less disclosure will not reduce dark money
I’ve seen some odd arguments for limited disclosure over the years, but this may be just about the strangest and most divorced from reality.
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