Nisha Thompson
Nisha Thompson is the Organizer and Outreach Coordinator of the Sunlight Foundation. Prior to joining Sunlight, she was on the Leadership Committee of the Area IV Neighborhood Coalition in Cambridge, MA focusing on community development and involvement. In 2004, she interned in the Office of Congressman Ruppersberger (MD-2) and fundraised for the Democratic National Committee's Grassroots Campaign. She graduated from Boston University in 2005 with a double major in Psychology and Political Science.
Nisha has been writing up a storm...
- Vote for Transparency! November 25, 2008
- Local Sunlight November 20, 2008
- Change.org asks for, well, Change! November 14, 2008
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
