Press Articles
- 09/30/2007 Earmarks: Mum's the word
- 09/28/2007 Ensign: Mystery senator not me
- 09/27/2007 Campaign funding watchdogs suspicious as Ensign steps in
- 09/27/2007 State delegation leads way to federal transparency
- 09/26/2007 Ensign scrambles to explain objections to disclosure bill
- 09/26/2007 Mystery Still Surrounds Senate Filing Hold
- 09/26/2007 Gazette Opinion: A united front for openness
- 09/23/2007 Did nursing home company buy Schumer's help?
- 09/21/2007 Montana delegates first to post schedules online
- 09/18/2007 Seeing no downside, more lawmakers reveal details of their work schedules
- 09/17/2007 'Hotlined' Bills Spark Concern
- 09/15/2007 Board complicates Weller asset claim
- 09/12/2007 Election 2008: Will it be about the past, the future - or both?
- 09/10/2007 GPS technology gets to the ‘route’ of the problem
- 09/09/2007 Pet Projects' Veil Is Only Partly Lifted
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
