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• Obama Administration Announces Open Government Directive

  
  ACT - Protecting Small Business Innovation — Authority: 114
  Today, the Obama administration announced an ambitious new directive for improving transparency and openness in government practices - and the role technology can play in improving access to information. The plan makes it clear that the bias should be towards...
  2 days ago

• Obama Open Government Directive is Finally Out. And Its Pretty Good.

  
  techPresident — Authority: 617
  The White House has just released its Open Government Directive, long-awaited by transparency and "government 2.0" advocates, and at first glance, the meat on the bone looks pretty juicy. (Or, if you prefer a vegan metaphor, the sauce on the seitan looks pretty, um, creamy?) Nancys got a sharp and detailed write-up ...
  2 days ago

• Nice to be noticed

  
  Kansas Meadowlark — Authority: 121
  On Wednesday the Sunlight Foundation’s 24 Days of Local Sunlight – Day 2 recognized the Kansas Meadowlark for an excellent collection of watch dog news and some independent research. I thank them for that recognition. Of course, since September, all my original research efforts and reporting can be ...
  6 days ago

• Expert Labs: Can an Outside Incubator Turn Government Tech-Savvy?

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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  3 weeks ago

• Tribune, Sunlight blog on publication of Annise Parker’s tax returns

  
  Texas Watchdog — Authority: 546
  We wanted to express our gratitude to both the Texas Tribune and the Sunlight Foundation for giving us shout-outs yesterday for our publication of Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker’s income tax returns. Thank you!
  3 weeks ago

• Open Data Goes Local with CA Data Camp and DataSF

  
  Personal Democracy Forum — Authority: 479
  Almost three months ago, the City and County of San Francisco launched a site called DataSF where they publish data sets from a variety of city departments for public consumption and application development. The initiative, led by Jay Nath in the Department of Technology, was inspired by President Obamas ...
  3 weeks ago

• New York Senate’s Big Google Adventure

  
  Sunlight Foundation — Authority: 612
  The New York Senate’s strides toward greater transparency hasn’t stalled since we last visited them.  A huge step forward was just announced with the latest portal, Open Legislation .   This site is a legislation search engine for modeled after the simplicity and function of Google. I love that you can ...
  4 weeks ago

• The House Health Care Bill — Transparent or Not?

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 744
  The House health care bill is reportedly coming to the floor this weekend, and House Speaker Pelosi committed in September to a 72-hour delay between the time the bill is posted online and a final vote. Is that 72-hour delay happening? Some say yes. Some say no. On the “yes” side are some folks at the Sunlight ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tech Talk Around The Internets

  
  MissTheda.com — Authority: 147
  Best Buy plans to compete with Apple’s iTunes with a new online store for movies and television shows . Good luck with that. ‘Favorite’ Brands Not Yet Hip to Mobile Some 83% of US consumers say their favorite brand has yet to market to them via their mobile phone, even though 37% say they would be interested ...
  5 weeks ago

• Real-Time with the State of Virginia

  
  Akkam's Razor — Authority: 126
  As reported by the Sunlight Foundation blog, real-time final results from each of Virginias 2516 precincts will be available after the polls close (7pm) here .  Virginia is using XML to serve up the data.
  5 weeks ago

• 10 Projects that Help Citizens Become Government Watchdogs

  
  learning.now — Authority: 692
  With the 2010 U.S. elections coming into view, many people are looking for more information about the people running for office -- and the individuals and organizations funding these candidates. Fortunately, there are dozens of initiatives that mine and share the data that influence policy and policy-makers. ...
  5 weeks ago

• Big Transparency

  
  Sunlight Foundation — Authority: 612
  In case you were wondering, our third quarter lobbying disclosure reports can be found over at Open Secrets .
  5 weeks ago

• Nonprofits and Transparency

  
  A. Fine Blog — Authority: 482
  Lucy Bernholz, in her usual smart and insightful way, has written a terrific post on philanthropy and transparency, Downsides of Transparency. She is riffing on an article that Larry Lessig wrote for the New Republic entitled, Against Transparency.Lessig’s arguments are more provocative than right. There is, of ...
  5 weeks ago

• Paranormal Legislative Activity?

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 744
  Here’s an entertaining and timely video from the Sunlight Foundation: Readthebill.org is where you can learn more about H. Res. 554 . Have a transparent Halloween everybody!
  5 weeks ago

• Clinical Trial Data Rights?

  
  e-Patients.net — Authority: 542
  “If you expose human beings to an experimental treatment, the public has a fundamental right to see the results of those experiments.” – Steven Nissen, chairman of the cardiology department at the Cleveland Clinic, quoted in The Sunlight Foundation’s account of Bray Patrick-Lake, an e-patient who has left ...
  6 weeks ago

• Drug Industry Lobbyists Kept Clinical Trial Results Secret

  
  My Mind, Body & Health — Authority:
  The Sunlight Foundation reports on how lobbyists for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries impacted one womans health problems. Suffering from debilitating migraines, Bray Patrick-Lake volunteered for a Food and Drug Administration-regulated clinical trial. But three months after joining the study, it was ...
  6 weeks ago

• Sunlight Foundation in the Dark

  
  TechRepublican.com - — Authority: 511
  The Sunlight Foundation’s Luke Rosiak reported on Friday the Republican National Committee spent $1.4 million on the redesign of GOP.com , a figure which totals more than five times what the RNC’s Democratic counterpart spent to host and maintain Democrats.org. Sources familiar with the RNC’s digital ...
  6 weeks ago

• Sunlight Foundation in the Dark

  
  RedState — Authority: 785
  The Sunlight Foundation’s Luke Rosiak reported on Friday the Republican National Committee spent $1.4 million on the redesign of GOP.com , a figure which totals more than five times what the RNC’s Democratic counterpart spent to host and maintain Democrats.org. Sources familiar with the RNC’s digital ...
  6 weeks ago

• Sunlight Foundation in the Dark

  
  RedState — Authority: 785
  The Sunlight Foundation’s Luke Rosiak reported on Friday the Republican National Committee spent $1.4 million on the redesign of GOP.com , a figure which totals more than five times what the RNC’s Democratic counterpart spent to host and maintain Democrats.org. Sources familiar with the RNC’s digital ...
  6 weeks ago

• Sunlight Foundation in the Dark

  
  The Skepticians by James Richardson — Authority: 404
  The Sunlight Foundation’s Luke Rosiak reported on Friday the Republican National Committee spent $1.4 million on the redesign of GOP.com , a figure which totals more than five times what the RNC’s Democratic counterpart spent to host and maintain Democrats.org. Sources familiar with the RNC’s digital ...
  6 weeks ago

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