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This Week in Transparency - July 2, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and allies from the week: Last Friday evening’s June 26th program, CNN’s Lou Dobbs broadcasted a piece by correspondent Louise Schiavone about the Cap and Trade Energy Bill that the House of Representatives was to vote on and pass [...]
Continue reading this postLast 5 posts to the Sunlight Foundation Blog- White House Publishes Staff Salaries July 2, 2009
- Not my bank, not my problem July 1, 2009
- ScandaLand: Who Is Currently Involved In A Congressional Scandal July 1, 2009
- Discussion Draft Follow-up June 30, 2009
- Watching Government Opacity Melt Away, “Right before our Eyes!” June 30, 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
- Open notebook: Following stimulus contracts June 29, 2009
- The FOIA Process: Still as Archaic as Snail Mail June 25, 2009
- Some stimulus recipients to report in Excel? June 23, 2009
Party Time!
- Busby fundraiser investigated July 2, 2009
- Congression starts Fourth of July Weekend a Little Early June 25, 2009
- Ensign Cancels Fundraiser June 19, 2009
Sunlight Labs
- Help Sunlight Build Our FEC Testimony June 26, 2009
- Recovery.gov Bid -- a Good Failure June 25, 2009
- Two Questions from the RFP Worth Noting June 24, 2009
OpenCongress.org
- Trending on OpenCongress July 2, 2009
- Better BUdget Numbers for Health Care July 2, 2009
- See all the Last-Minute Changes to the Climate Change Bill July 1, 2009
The Open House Project
- How Do Supreme Court Nominations Work? May 26, 2009
- What happens after a bill becomes a law May 14, 2009
- CRS Reports Should Be Publicly Available May 6, 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
Insanely Useful Government Information Sites
Recent Sunlight Foundation Projects
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Apps for America 2
The Data.gov Challenge -
Pass S.482
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ReadTheBill.org
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Real Time Investigations
Tracking Private Influences on Public Policy -
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
Simple Ways You Can Help
Sunlight Events Calendar
Congressional News Watch
- Rep. Kaptur gets $3.5 billion sweetener in climate bill July 1, 2009
- Finance Lobby Cut Spending as Feds Targeted Wall Street July 1, 2009
- Ethics Rules Allow Smith to Collect on Locker Rentals July 1, 2009
- After Call From Senator Inouye's Office, Small Hawaii Bank Got U.S. Aid July 1, 2009
- Members Lost Big on Real Estate June 29, 2009
Web Mentions
- Stop Taking Soma!: John Boehner's Failed Gambit July 2, 2009
- insignificant thoughts: What Happened to Five Days? July 2, 2009
- Stupidica: With CRP data, Sunlight Maps Baucus’s Health Care Lobbying Network July 2, 2009
- ConservaChick: Read the Bill! July 2, 2009
- Pruning Shears : This Week In Tyranny July 2, 2009
Press Mentions
- White House Pushes To Keep Visitor Logs Private July 1, 2009
- Lawmakers challenged to read health care bill before voting June 30, 2009
- Time’s essential to properly review bills June 29, 2009
- Too big, too fast June 25, 2009
- Healthcare Reform: Competition and the 'Public Option' June 25, 2009
