Jim Morris
Jim Morris is a Program Director of the Sunlight Foundation. Before joining Sunlight, he was a project manager at the Center for Public Integrity, where he led, among other projects, an investigation of privately-sponsored travel for members of Congress and their staffs. A journalist for 30 years, he has won more than 50 awards for his work, much of which has focused on government agencies. He has worked at a variety of newspapers in Texas and California, as well as U.S. News & World Report and Congressional Quarterly in Washington.
Recent Sunlight Foundation Projects
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Transparency Jobs
Bringing Transparency to Government, One Job at a Time -
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 -
Read The Bill First
Sign the petition! Demand they take at least 72 hours to read the bailout bill! -
Pass S.223
We need your help to pass S.223. -
Party Time!
Documenting the Political Partying Circuit. -
Capitol Words
Fresh from the US Congressional Record to Your Screen. -
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
