Sunlight Foundation has launched TransparencyData, a new Website that lets users easily access the past 20 years of federal and state campaign contributions all in one place. The site merges data from OpenSecrets, FollowTheMoney.org and lobbying information from the Senate Office of Public Records.
The Public Online Information Act (POIA) of 2010, H.R.4858, was introduced on March 13 by Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) to put public information online in user-friendly formats in a timely fashion. The bill applies to Executive Branch agencies and is essentially a proactive approach to FOIA (Freedom of Information Act). Sunlight Foundation has launched Public=Online, a grassroots campaign to gain support for the legislation.
Sunlight Foundation is a Washington, DC-based 501c(3) non-profit organization founded in 2006 to focus on “making government transparent and accountable.” Its name comes from a quote by Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis: “Sunlight is the best disinfectant.”
Sunlight was co-founded by Michael Klein and Ellen Miller. Miller serves as its executive director.
GovFreshTV interviewed many of the leading figures in the open government, Gov 2.0 movement in 2009. It’s an incredible list of thinkers shaping the future of government.
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Here’s what open government and Gov 2.0 leaders are saying about the new White House Open Government Directive.
Clay Johnson, Director of Sunlight Labs, talks open gov, “Apps for America,” and calls on developers to become active in their country at OSCON 09.
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“What we believe is that open source plus open data equals better government. And my job is to find opportunities for developers, open source developers, to change their country. Nothing less.”
GovLoop founder Steve Ressler and Adriel Hampton will be joined by Clay Johnson, Director of Sunlight Labs (@cjoh on Twitter). To discuss Sunlight’s Apps for America Contest, lus much more!
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