Press Articles
- 10/31/2007 Specter's pet project: Sexual abstinence
- 10/31/2007 Senator blocking online disclosure
- 10/29/2007 Senators earmark $70 million for their old schools
- 10/23/2007 Online Government Information Not User-Friendly, Report Says
- 10/17/2007 Army of average Joes culls through candidates' files, bios
- 10/17/2007 Senate Hits Earmark Phone Calls
- 10/17/2007 Sen. Campbell Has the Floor?
- 10/17/2007 Senate Hits Earmark Phone Calls
- 10/15/2007 Earmarks Now More Visible, But is New Rule Full of Holes?
- 10/12/2007 Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot
- 10/10/2007 Senate Earmark Reforms Quietly Gutted
- 10/05/2007 In first test, Congress narrows scope of ethics reform
- 10/04/2007 Charities Enlist Help to Review Legislation
- 10/04/2007 Jindal misses votes while campaigning
- 10/04/2007 Short Takes: News from All Over
- 10/03/2007 Put Senate donations online, bloggers say
- 10/01/2007 Long road ahead on earmark reform
- 10/01/2007 Horse sense: Lawmakers schedules welcome
- 10/01/2007 Earmarkwatch.org tracks Congressional pork
Recent Sunlight Foundation Projects
-
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
- Augusta Free Press:Don’t just stand there. Give ‘im a pencil December 2, 2008
- Cox News Service: Obama White House To Embrace New Web Tools And Reach December 2, 2008
- Talking Points Memo: TPMMuckraker: Law Could Force Disclosure Of Mystery Senator's Identity December 2, 2008
- New York Times: The Moment Blog: The Digital Ramble: Political Partying December 2, 2008
- The BOBs: Deutsche Welle: Blog Awards December 2, 2008
Press Mentions
- Obama White House To Embrace New Web Tools And Reach December 1, 2008
- 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
