Press Articles
- 11/30/2007 Progress on spending database creeps along
- 11/28/2007 With Lott's exit, fresh buzz over lobby rules
- 11/26/2007 Political correctness thrown into fray of 'dangerous city' report
- 11/26/2007 Household Exception for House
- 11/23/2007 Tech Talk: Track Congressional spending via Google Earth
- 11/14/2007 Earmarks Now Everybody's Business
- 11/14/2007 Democrats Pushed to Raise 'Breathtaking' $154 Million for Party
- 11/13/2007 Members of Congress also wait on FOIA requests
- 11/12/2007 Senate GOP leaders target earmarks
- 11/09/2007 Fair Game: Pork Spending
- 11/07/2007 Floor vote next for defense bill
- 11/07/2007 Coalition seeks public's view of government transparency issues
- 11/06/2007 Earmarks, Earmarks Everywhere
- 11/06/2007 Web site keeps tabs on pork barrel politics
- 11/01/2007 Another Snag for Electronic Filing Bill
- 11/01/2007 Hogging the road
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
- 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
