At a hearing today, the Senate addressed the issues of more money in politics that stem from the Citizens United and McCutcheon cases. One solution to consider: real-time transparency.
Continue readingHere’s how we’re going to find our next teammate
Sunlight needs a talented new engineer! And we're trying an experiment to make sure we find the best one we can.
Continue readingComplete financial opacity in record-breaking Indian elections
In the world's second most expensive election process, India faces serious issues as its opaque political finance regime leaves over 800 million voters in the dark about who is funding the campaigns.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: who didn’t celebrate #FLBootDay, why politicians shared a fad diet and more
Another busy week for Sunlight's Politwoops project to archive the deleted tweets of U.S. politicians. This week's deletions include a photo of a Governor's custom made boots, pervasive diet spam malware, a Nazi comparison and more!
Continue readingHappy birthday, Sunlight! Here’s to eight great years (and many more)
It’s almost hard to believe, but the Sunlight Foundation turns eight years old this week!
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 4/23/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including data feedback, fighting corruption in Lebanon, and education APIs.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 4/22/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events and analysis including drone disclosure, a problematic open data roll out in England, and the changing role of the public library.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Flying over Colombia, #theft, doing it for the Vine and more
Welcome to this week's review of notable deleted tweets caught and archived by the Sunlight Foundation's Politwoops project.
Continue readingAmerican Oligarchy: How the preferences of elites shape policy outcomes
Time and again we find that corporate interests are far more involved in the political process than ordinary citizens. Now, a recent paper provides empirical evidence finding this imbalance is actually a systemic feature of modern American democracy.
Continue readingBoston: the tale of two open data policies
Let’s dig into Mayor Walsh's open data executive order, Councilor Wu's proposed open data legislation, and consider what is possible for the future of open data (and open data policy) in Boston.
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