OK, so no House member has been promoted to the White House since 1880. But House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has ambition -- and a national network of loyalists thanks to his fundraising prowess.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: #Snowbamacare, #bottomlessqueen, Sochi between votes and more
Time for a busy roundup of the most notable deletions from U.S. politicians over the course of the past week.
Continue readingRep. Randy Weber deletes mass of campaign tweets
In the last two weeks the campaign Twitter account for Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, has deleted nearly a hundred messages that were once shared with the public and now can only be found on our Politwoops archive of deleted tweets.
Continue readingCurtis Coleman campaign clears confidential cash contest communication
Moments ago the campaign Twitter account for Curtis Coleman, a Republican running for Governor of Arkansas, deleted a tweet saying, "CONFIDENTIAL - Happy Birthday Curtis Money Bomb!" and a link to an email intended for campaign bundlers.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: A stump, call for an apology, YOLO and Barrel Man
Welcome to a rare two-week review of the deleted tweets from U.S. politicians caught by our Politwoops project.
Continue readingFive opengov takeaways from the Coalition Against Corruption Conference
Last month, a few Sunlighters headed to Bangalore for the Coalition Against Corruption Conference. It's impossible to fully summarize all we learned much about the challenges facing reformers around the globe, but five themes stuck out.
Continue readingTransparency Case Study: public procurement in Sydney, Australia
The third installment of our Transparency Case Studies series focuses on public procurement in Sydney, Australia: a deep dive into what the city gets right, what it could improve upon and how to make the system more effective.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Creating open map layers for the census
JusticeMap.org is helping people — even those who do not have any map making or geographical information systems experience — to create maps that combine open map layers with their own data.
Continue readingPDF Liberation Hackathon and the need for more civic innovation
Public Sector Credit Solutions and Sunlight Foundation organized a multi-location PDF Liberation hackathon which helped free some much needed data but also exposed the need for more civic innovation.
Continue readingBritain ‘shines light of transparency’ on secret lobbying. Just kidding.
David Cameron's lobbying bill exposes the hollowness of his muscular claims about cracking down on crony capitalism. Britain's democracy remains under corporate capture.
Continue reading
59063
