Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including a more technologically advanced Department of Veterans' Affairs, international ISPs taking action towards the British NSA, and a circuit court decision that could potentially limit superPAC donations.
Continue readingMás allá de los negocios: Impactos de los datos abiertos
As a way to spread the word about the important benefits of open data, former Sunlight fellow Iris Palma translated into Spanish both our observations on how open data helps the public achieve a variety of important goals.
Continue readingWhen open data isn’t enough
If we want governments to be truly transparent, we need both reactive information disclosure and proactive access to information.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/1/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including an unexpected end to the disclosure of Congresspeople's privately sponsored travel, a possible Access to Information law in Afghanistan, and plenty of state and local news.
Continue readingTransparency Case Study: Lobbying disclosure in Hungary
Lobbying regulation in Hungary provides a trenchant reminder that the political culture and context in which reform is undertaken can have a profound impact on how a law is implemented, and whether it succeeds.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 6/30/2014
Keep reading for an today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis including the NSA's "transparency report," local parliamentary monitoring in the Czech Republic, and plenty of state and local news.
Continue readingSunlight joining EFF and others in holding secret surveillance accountable
Today, Sunlight is proud to join a coalition of groups demanding more transparency and an end to mass secret surveillance.
Continue readingLeahy and Cornyn FOIA bill promises much-needed reform
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Chairman, Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt., and ranking Republican, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, introduced the FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 yesterday. Its reforms are long-awaited — and much needed.
Continue readingThe Impact of Open: Keeping you healthy
Health data makes the case for the social impact of open data.
Continue readingLet’s talk money, politics and transparency at Open Knowledge Festival 2014
Come join our Money, Politics and Transparency session at OKFestival2014 in Berlin this July to hear about the current challenges in different political finance disclosure regimes and to brainstorm about potential next steps for the open government community.
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