Spring turns to summer and thoughts turn to cookouts, vacations at the beach and making government more transparent and accountable. We've awarded three more OpenGov Grants - check them out here!
Continue readingSunlight stands with Hungarian civil society
Sunlight is standing in solidarity with Hungarian civil society organizations in light of recent attacks by the government.
Continue readingIt’s time for Congress to show us the money — in real time
Three simple ways you can help update disclosure for the 21st century.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Backtracking on Bergdahl, weight loss spam and more
As the election season heats up, politicians are closely managing their messaging but in trying to cover their tracks their deleted tweets join the growing Politwoops archive.
Continue readingCantor allies buying October airtime
A nonprofit group allied with House Majority leader Eric Cantor is locking down airtime in Phoenix, Denver and Boston for two weeks in October, according to ad disclosure documents.
Continue readingTransparent about TransparencyCamp14: What we learned
Before TCamp14 becomes a distant memory, we just wanted to reflect on the whirlwind that was (is) our annual 2-day unconference on transparency, data and open government. This year’s TransparencyCamp, our 6th year, was a coming of age for our (un)conference with a chart topping number of attendees from around the United States and the world.
Continue readingThis is our community: Highlights from TCamp14, an unconference for transparency
Thanks for making this year's TransparencyCamp the best ever! We wanted to share an intricate look back at the highlights of TCamp14 in one winding, slightly crazy story composed of your experiences. Enjoy!
Continue readingCongress has very few working class members. Here’s why that matters
I spend lots of time thinking about pressures that lawmakers face in office, and the donors who fund them. After reading Nicholas Carnes’ book, White-Collar Government, maybe I should think more about who runs for office in the first place.
Continue readingUse Sunlight’s APIs for your own project!
A review of Sunlight's most popular APIs and some non-Sunlight projects that use our free data!
Continue readingBetter Know a TCamper: Scholarship edition
Introducing some of our 2014 scholarship recipients - 14 amazing people are coming from California, Virginia, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, New York and North Carolina.
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