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Recovery Transparency Stories and Recommendations
Rep. Darrell Issa, the ranking member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a letter to Earl Devaney, the recently appointed recovery inspector general, asking a series of questions regarding how his office will operate and what they will judge as fulfilling transparency requirements. One specific point that Issa makes is to urge [...]
Continue reading this postLast 5 posts to the Sunlight Foundation Blog- Erosion of Public’s Trust in Government Abating? March 13, 2009
- Tweet Success! Boxer and McCaskill to Support 482 March 12, 2009
- Read the Bill: Spending Bills Rushed March 12, 2009
- Looking under the TARP March 12, 2009
- Save Trees–Pass S. 482 March 12, 2009
The Sunlight “Transparency” Ecosystem 
Sunlight and our partners blog regularly to keep you informed about new efforts to open up access to government information, the influence of money in politics, new policy and technological developments to create greater political transparency and the latest news on congressional ethics. Below are the latest headlines from Sunlight's blogging community.
Real Time Investigations
- CRP: PMA Group, clients donated to 516 members of Congress March 13, 2009
- Moran: Whole budget is earmarks March 12, 2009
- Another hole in financial disclosure March 12, 2009
Party Time!
- More parties outside DC February 25, 2009
- Lawmakers recess for cash February 20, 2009
- Let them call him “sweetheart” February 12, 2009
Sunlight Labs
- Do we need a GetSatisfaction for Congress? March 12, 2009
- Not going to SxSW? Tip: Here's how to make twitter not annoying March 10, 2009
- 50 State Project: Momentum March 9, 2009
OpenCongress.org
- Public Lands Bill Comes Up Short March 12, 2009
- Opportunity March 12, 2009
- Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 March 11, 2009
The Open House Project
- Bulk data downloads approved in the omnibus spending bill (success!) March 11, 2009
- Hoyer V Cantor January 21, 2009
- Deep Throat Meets Data Mining January 12, 2009
The Open Senate Project
- Comparing H.R. 1 versions side-by-side February 10, 2009
- Are we never statisfied? Issues with Congress’s use of YouTube. January 19, 2009
- How You Can Help January 11, 2009
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ReadTheBill.org
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OOGL
Our Open Government List -
Apps for America
Sunlight's annual development contest! -
Sunlight Labs
Making government data usable is hard work! -
Transparency Timeline
A History of Congressional Public Access Reform. -
Capitol Words
Taking Congress at its Word. -
2009 Tariff Suspensions
See Who’s Seeking Tax Breaks on Imports from Congress -
Transparency Jobs
Bringing Transparency to Government, One Job at a Time -
Capitol Tweets
Keep up on the latest tweets from members of Congress who use Twitter. -
The Open Senate Project
A bipartisan, collaborative initiative to study the Senate's current information-sharing practices -
FARAdb
A proof of concept site based on Foreign Agent Registration Act data -
Party Time!
Documenting the Political Partying Circuit. -
Public Markup
An experiment to open bills to online, public review. -
EarmarkWatch
Bringing Citizen Oversight to Congressional Spending. -
Visualizing Earmarks
Select Visualizations of 2005 OMB Earmark Data. -
Where Are They Now?
Former Congressional Staffers head through the Revolving Door
Congressional News Watch
- Openness in tracking stimulus funds up to local governments March 13, 2009
- Lobbyist ban limits Obama's options March 13, 2009
- Waters Helped Bank Whose Stock She Once Owned March 13, 2009
- Push to Reduce Greenhouse Gases Would Put a Price on Emitting Pollution March 13, 2009
- GOP still dominates drug lobby March 12, 2009
Web Mentions
- No Straw Men: links for 2009-03-12 March 13, 2009
- danielheaf.com: Mr Hacker goes to Washinton March 13, 2009
- Infotropism: Notes from yesterday’s Open Democracy meetup March 13, 2009
- The St. Petersburg Times: 1-800-Transparent-Government March 13, 2009
- Worldchanging: Politics and New Media, or “Should I Really Tweetspam Congress?” March 13, 2009
Press Mentions
- Financier Was Well Connected In D.C., Internationally March 12, 2009
- Rediscovering the Internet March 9, 2009
- Obama's work cut out for him March 9, 2009
- Democrats dine with lobbyists, donors March 9, 2009
- Open Up Government Data March 9, 2009
