Press Articles
- 08/28/2006 BUDGET; GROUPS, ONLINE ACTIVISTS WORK TO IDENTIFY EARMARKS TECHNOLOGY DAILY
- 08/22/2006 Push grows to reform the way Congress spends
- 08/22/2006 Rooting out the pork
- 08/18/2006 Web helps open up Congress
- 08/17/2006 Putting the Pork in One Barrel
- 08/17/2006 Online muck rakers shed light on earmarks
- 08/17/2006 The Post Highlights Pork Database
- 08/16/2006 Earmark forensics
- 08/16/2006 Let the Sunshine In
- 08/15/2006 Editorial: Spending money behind closed doors?
- 08/15/2006 Exposing Earmarks
- 08/15/2006 The Era of Networked Journalism Begins
- 08/14/2006 How you can investigate Congressional malpractice
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
Press Releases
Web Mentions
- Smart Mobs: Video Overview of OpenCongress December 1, 2008
- The Technology Liberation Front: Here Comes Democracy! December 1, 2008
- Citizen Tools: User stories for open government? December 1, 2008
- Sunday Times: Political life shouldn’t be a family affair December 1, 2008
- The Open Source Force Behind the Obama Campaign | Linux Journal November 25, 2008
Press Mentions
- Political life shouldn’t be a family affair November 30, 2008
- Obama harnessed the grass-roots power of the Web to get elected. How will he use that power now? November 24, 2008
- A Rewired Bully Pulpit: Big, Bold and Unproven November 23, 2008
- Obama Should Use Technology to Bring About Real Change November 20, 2008
- By the People: Citizen Involvement the Open Source Way November 20, 2008
