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The N.Y. state Senate's new website: More than just a new paint job
A screenshot of the updated New York state Senate website.The New York state Senate rolled out a new website last week that aims to please two of that institution's most important constituents —...
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September reporting powered by Sunlight tools and data
A dataviz from National Journal, powered by Sunlight's Capitol Words.Sunlight is dedicated to being a go-to resource for reporters as they use our tools and data for all types of stories. In September,...
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Twitter's encouraging promise to "reboot" transparency
(Image credit: The Sunlight Foundation)During the keynote address at Flight, Twitter’s 2015 Developer Conference, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey made a commitment to “reboot” Twitter’s relationship with the...
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In #HackWeTrust — Sunlight Labs at the 2015 Congressional Hackathon
Members of Sunlight Labs at the 2015 Congressional Hackathon.The Sunlight Labs team ventured to the Second Congressional Hackathon last Friday at the U.S. Capitol to work with over 200 programmers,...
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New betaFEC website makes it easy to dig into campaign finance data
A screenshot of the new beta.FEC.gov!During its regularly scheduled commission meeting, the Federal Election Commission unveiled its new betaFEC site. The redesigned online home of the nation's...
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OpenGov Voices: Rocket Lobby brings Yelp-style accountability to state lawmakers
Kevin Cate, creator of RocketLobby.comWhat if we could add Yelp or Uber-style accountability to our elected officials? We can. And we just did. That’s right: Now you can rate the responsiveness of your...
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OpenGov Voices: The first step toward Slovenia's legislative footprint
Vid Doria, secretary general and project coordinator at Transparency International Slovenia.The term "legislative footprint" 1 has become a popular new concept surrounding transparency of the...
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OpenGov Voices: Breathing life into open data with ClearGov
Chris Bullock, founder of ClearGovThe concept of driving trust through open government has been around for centuries, but it wasn’t until the advent of the Internet that true open government could...
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Sunlight in 2015: Looking back on the world of opengov
Sunlight in 2015InvestigationsState and Local teamFederal teamInternational teamCriminal justice teamTCamp15From Capitol Hill to city hall to parliament, Sunlight made an impact opening governments...
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Arguments for data transparency — a list for advocates
The benefits of openness can be found around the globe.In these past few years working with local transparency activists, I have been collecting examples on how opening up data (especially government...
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OpenGov Voices: Demystifying Chicago politics with Councilmatic
In June 2013, I announced the launch of Chicago Councilmatic, a civic app under the Open City banner that helps anyone search, browse and subscribe to Chicago City Council legislation.Since then,...
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The Political TV Ad Archive provides new level of accountability to campaign ads
By now Iowa voters probably want to throw their televisions out the window, if they haven’t already. But the bombardment of political advertising is about to skyrocket to a national level. That means...
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Sunlight launches Hall of Justice, a massive data inventory on criminal...
Hall of Justice, a project of the Sunlight Foundation, is a searchable repository of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research.Today, Sunlight is launching Hall of Justice, a robust,...
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Politwoops U.S. is back!
Today, we’re officially relaunching Politwoops here in the United States! Just in time for the New Hampshire primary, we’ll be back to tracking and posting deleted tweets from political figures so that...
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OpenGov Voices: Why data journalism tries, and fails, to go global
Eva Constantaras, data journalistIn a recent data journalism workshop in Yerevan, Armenia, a young journalist discovered that after years of leading the European Union in the rate of incarceration,...
View ArticleFarewell OpenCongress, hello GovTrack
As our Board Chair Mike Klein recently wrote, the Sunlight Foundation was created to catalyze open and responsive government through technological innovation and policy advocacy, and to be an active...
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How to get involved in Open Data Day 2016
A map of Open Data Day events happening around the world.March 5, 2016 is Open Data Day, and it’s right around the corner! Here's what you need to know about this worldwide effort to support and...
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Using open data to stimulate new methods of human rights monitoring
Open Schools Kenya, which uses data from multiple sources to map education institutions in the capital of Nairobi.The traditional strategy of monitoring human rights violations goes like this: Local...
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Commerce Department launches new suite of open data tutorials
Screen shot of the Commerce Data Usability Project.In a short amount of time, open data has gone from an abstract idea to an increasingly common practice that government entities throughout the country...
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Mayor Liccardo’s Smart City Vision will bring greater transparency to San José
Yesterday, the San José City Council approved Mayor Sam Liccardo’s plan to transform the city through the use of technology and data-driven decision-making, solidifying the city’s place as a leader in...
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