- 11/30/2008 Political life shouldn’t be a family affair
- 11/24/2008 Obama harnessed the grass-roots power of the Web to get elected. How will he use that power now?
- 11/23/2008 A Rewired Bully Pulpit: Big, Bold and Unproven
- 11/20/2008 Obama Should Use Technology to Bring About Real Change
- 11/20/2008 By the People: Citizen Involvement the Open Source Way
- 11/19/2008 Op-ed: Is It Too Much to Ask Congress to Read Bills Before Voting?
- 11/19/2008 Early lessons for Dems in fundraising
- 11/17/2008 Obama reaches out to the young with first weekly YouTube talk
- 11/17/2008 Goverment Transparency
- 11/14/2008 Role of Federal Tech Czar to Be Defined by Obama
- 11/14/2008 The YouTube Presidency
- 11/11/2008 Government Rescue Spending: Clear or Cloudy?
- 11/05/2008 How will President Obama wield his vast Internet army?
- 11/03/2008 Letter to the Editor: Information is empowering
- 11/01/2008 U.S. Chamber Focuses on Congress, Bows Out of Presidential Race
- 11/01/2008 A web guide to the US election
- 10/31/2008 The Politics of Giving: Employees of Big Nonprofit Groups Give Mostly to Democrats
- 10/31/2008 Can Washington Change?
- 10/28/2008 Campaign advisers say CIO job should be a career position
- 10/24/2008 527s Stuck In Port As Other Organizations Jump Into Fray
- 10/23/2008 Palin's Fashion-Gate
- 10/22/2008 EBay Founder's Philanthropic Firm to Donate More
- 10/15/2008 Column: Anti-Obama ads with Tar Heel ties
- 10/14/2008 Power Breakfast
- 10/12/2008 Finance world big backer of Senator Reed
- 10/10/2008 Cantor’s Mortgage Background Figured into Bailout Bill
- 10/09/2008 Heard on the Hill: This Campaign Supporter Doesn’t Sleep. He Waits.
- 10/08/2008 Challenge to Candidates: Support Greater Transparency
- 10/07/2008 Chris Walla DNC Blogs
- 10/02/2008 Bailout bill’s stealthy authorship potentially problematic
- 09/29/2008 Bailout Outrage Races Across the Web
- 09/28/2008 Bailout Agreement Hits the Net -Is This Transparency?
- 09/28/2008 Shock therapy
- 09/28/2008 What we can expect — and whom to blame: In Washington
- 09/26/2008 Pricey, private Davis events with finance industry fill war chest
- 09/26/2008 Heller gets donations during luncheon hosted by financial services industry
- 09/26/2008 The Big Bailout
- 09/26/2008 Buying Influence
- 09/25/2008 Lobbyists in feeding frenzy
- 09/25/2008 Tech activist takes on governments over copyrighted laws
- 09/25/2008 Financial lobbyists wooed negotiators
- 09/25/2008 Advocates Demand Congress Put Bailout Details on Internet
- 09/25/2008 Bailout Outrage Races Across the Web
- 09/25/2008 Financial industry fuels campaigns
- 09/24/2008 Wall Street Scrutinized for Fraud Fat Paychecks
- 09/24/2008 Transparency, accountability lessons reach beyond Wall St
- 09/24/2008 Online activists rise against the bailout
- 09/24/2008 The great bailout of ‘08 must-reads of the week
- 09/24/2008 Biden, Obama helped keep ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ alive
- 09/23/2008 Editorial: Just Click Send
- 09/23/2008 jacksonville skyline
- 09/23/2008 Biden, Obama helped keep ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ alive
- 09/18/2008 The Audacity of Hype
- 09/16/2008 Op-Ed:Partying on at the political conventions
- 09/16/2008 Biden hires lobbyist to advise Senate run
- 09/13/2008 Energy focus of 5th race
- 09/13/2008 Earmarks: A Wonky Villain Goes Mainstream
- 09/12/2008 Federal government: From the keyboard
- 09/10/2008 Parties party on in Denver, Twin Cities
- 09/10/2008 Singing the Blues with Sen. Baucus at a Big-Dollar Political Bash
- 09/10/2008 City OKs Baca welcome signs
- 09/09/2008 Conventions highlight gaps in ethics laws
- 09/08/2008 Lobbying watchdogs on prowl at conventions
- 09/07/2008 Politicians are using the internet to harness your bright ideas
- 09/05/2008 Party Police Crash the Convention
- 09/05/2008 AT&T has had big presences at both political conventions
- 09/04/2008 Derided lobbyists continue to party
- 09/04/2008 Party crasher sets out to expose big-money schmoozing
- 09/04/2008 Party Vetters Say Questions Never End
- 09/03/2008 Convention Watchdogs Sniffing Around Lobbyist Parties
- 09/03/2008 Money Trail: He's Baaaack! Tom DeLay Hailed as GOP Hero
- 09/02/2008 "Tweet" Wars in National Politics
- 09/02/2008 Party Time at the Political Conventions
- 08/29/2008 Corporate Spending in Denver Mirrors Broader Shift to Democrats
- 08/29/2008 Despite storm, parties continue in St. Paul
- 08/29/2008 GOP gets its party on in St. Paul
- 08/28/2008 DNC Coverage: Hour 2
- 08/27/2008 She Snags the Invites But Not the Parties
- 08/27/2008 AT&T has high profile presence at Dem convention
- 08/27/2008 Lobbyists bend ears on issues in swanky settings
- 08/26/2008 Interest groups join the party with top Dems
- 08/26/2008 Fundraising Loopholes Allow Lobbyists to “Honor” Lawmakers at the Conventions
- 08/25/2008 New ethics rules won't spoil Democratic convention parties
- 08/25/2008 Loopholes let lawmakers live large
- 08/25/2008 Watchdogs Monitor Party Circuit
- 08/25/2008 Conventions lure corporate lobbyists
- 08/25/2008 Business puts the party in party conventions
- 08/25/2008 Watchdogs turn into party-crashers, out on the hunt for ethics violations
- 08/25/2008 Following political conventions the Web 2.0 way
- 08/25/2008 The Parties' Parties
- 08/24/2008 AT&T, Visa Plan Parties With Lawmakers at Political Conventions
- 08/24/2008 Biden's Son Employed in Profession Obama Disdains: Lobbying
- 08/22/2008 Bashes work around rules
- 08/21/2008 Complexities of schmoozing
- 08/20/2008 Conventions blend money, parties, ethics rules
- 08/20/2008 Valley Democrats, Republicans gear up for conventions
- 08/19/2008 That's Entertainment -- or Is It?
- 08/19/2008 Ethics Thicket for Convention Parties Crimps Events
- 08/19/2008 Political conventions: Lawmakers' ethics rules full of loopholes
- 08/19/2008 Lobbyist parties for lawmakers bend rules
- 08/13/2008 370 Parties scheduled duirng conventions
- 08/11/2008 Ethics Loophole Lets Members Party On
- 08/11/2008 In a Harsh Climate for Lobbyists, the Forecast Calls for . . . More Lobbyists
- 08/10/2008 Commentary Brightest Ideas of the Week
- 08/08/2008 Pssst ... There's a great party across the river
- 08/08/2008 Campaign 2008
- 08/08/2008 Party On, Governor!
- 08/08/2008 Party Poopers?
- 08/08/2008 Twitter takes flight in Congress
- 08/07/2008 At least 370 parties planned for national conventions
- 08/01/2008 Earmarks remain an issue in Congress
- 07/28/2008 Lobbyist Reports Show $181,000 for McCain
- 07/24/2008 Editorial: Earmark disclosure should be required
- 07/22/2008 Editoral: Bad form
- 07/21/2008 What, Not Where Should Govern Internet Postings
- 07/15/2008 Congress wades through 'tweets'
- 07/15/2008 Editoral: Congressional earmarks posted on Sunlight Foundation Web site
- 07/15/2008 Congressman has financial stake in O.C. tollway
- 07/13/2008 Commentary - There they go again, stifling free speech
- 07/13/2008 McCain takes lead in transparency race
- 07/13/2008 In House, Tweets Fly Over Web Plan
- 07/11/2008 Rules Panel’s Foray Into Online Video A Bit More Collegial
- 07/09/2008 Teaching Can Pay Off
- 07/07/2008 Congress Fails When It Comes to Disclosure
- 07/07/2008 The Citizen Watchdogs of Web 2.0
- 07/02/2008 N.J. earmarks target military bases, hospitals
- 06/27/2008 Watchdogs Ask: What About the Bundlers?
- 06/26/2008 Campaign finance
- 06/26/2008 Think Past the Internet ATM
- 06/25/2008 Heard on the Hill
- 06/25/2008 Groups ask greater disclosure from McCain, Obama
- 06/23/2008 A good example
- 06/23/2008 Web Sites Push For More Transparency and Accessibility In Government
- 06/17/2008 Veteran Ethics Aide Heads to Firm
- 06/14/2008 Editorial: Public outrage fails to halt lavish spending on pork
- 06/11/2008 Lobbying and Politics
- 06/10/2008 Editoral: Public needs more information on 'pork'
- 06/08/2008 Obama closes primary season by opening up
- 06/08/2008 Earmarks help benefactors' re-election bids
- 06/08/2008 Editoral: Earmarks don't have to go, but the process must be changed
- 06/08/2008 Editoral: Letting the sun shine on earmarks and on detainees
- 06/08/2008 Earmarked for profits
- 06/08/2008 Earmarking: Pork can bring home the bacon
- 06/04/2008 Open the Goverment.org's Sunshine Week panel
- 06/03/2008 Obama and Coburn Introduce Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008
- 05/29/2008 New Ethics Law Still Doesn't Stop Congressional Freebies
- 05/29/2008 Donors among those ruling on Fla., Mich. delegates in limbo
- 05/27/2008 Obama’s Lobbyist Connection
- 05/27/2008 Rich or bankrupt?
- 05/26/2008 What they were worth
- 05/23/2008 The Insider: Ellen Miller of the Sunlight Foundation
- 05/23/2008 It Pays To Be Elected
- 05/21/2008 Good News for Transparency from Alaska's Senate Race
- 05/21/2008 Obama snares most of state's superdelegates
- 05/20/2008 Bill Allison discusses Fortune 535 on KSRO AM
- 05/19/2008 John McCain advisor Thomas Loeffler steps down over lobbying role
- 05/19/2008 Saudi Lobbyist Quits McCain Campaign
- 05/19/2008 Colleagues' net wealth? It's tip money to Darrell Issa
- 05/19/2008 '100 semesters' cut Reid's personal wealth
- 05/19/2008 8 Best: Non-Wikipedia Pedias
- 05/18/2008 Earmarked for controversy
- 05/16/2008 Yochai Benkler, others at Harvard map current and future Internet
- 05/16/2008 In the money
- 05/16/2008 Brookhaven's pork barrel: The wider context
- 05/15/2008 RIGHT TO KNOW: Here comes the sun on the personal wealth in Congress
- 05/15/2008 Sunlight Defends Its Reporting That Senator Bob Corker Had A Negative Net Worth
- 05/14/2008 Clinton wealth growing fastest
- 05/14/2008 Clinton tops Senate in wealth increase
- 05/14/2008 Report names Congress' richest, poorest
- 05/14/2008 Herger's wealth about $12.2 million
- 05/14/2008 Woolsey's wealth surges, mirroring trend in Congress
- 05/14/2008 Tennessee: Corker disputed net worth spotlights reporting flaws
- 05/13/2008 Report analyzes lawmakers’ net worth
- 05/13/2008 K Street in Brief
- 05/13/2008 How much is that congressman worth?
- 05/13/2008 What are they really worth?
- 05/12/2008 Craig (of the List) Looks Beyond the Web
- 05/05/2008 Web 2.0- Sunlight Foundation
- 05/03/2008 Unique to '08: Superdelegates, Internet
- 05/01/2008 Emerging Graphic Tool Gets People Talking
- 05/01/2008 Transparency bill worked on in the open
- 05/01/2008 Shining a Light on Politics: An Interview with Ellen Miller of The Sunlight Foundation
- 04/25/2008 Best Congress Money Can Buy
- 04/24/2008 Gillibrand releases earmarks list
- 04/24/2008 The Edible Earmark
- 04/17/2008 City opens books to online scrutiny with new Web site
- 04/14/2008 John Wonderlich: The Sunlight Foundation
- 04/14/2008 Online Nation Expects More from Its 'E-Government'
- 04/14/2008 From blog to bill
- 04/13/2008 Public asked to shape open-government bill
- 04/08/2008 Bill Moyers' Remarks on the Occasion of the 5th Annual Ron Ridenhour Prizes
- 04/04/2008 Sunlight Foundation’s new tool rivals K Street lobbyists
- 04/04/2008 Hutchison lauds earmark recommendations but hides her own requests
- 04/04/2008 The Tech Policy Summit
- 03/31/2008 Lawmakers tight-lipped on pet projects
- 03/31/2008 Superdelegate Transparency Project & Congresspedia on CNN
- 03/31/2008 Sunlight Foundation Asks The Public For Ideas On A More Accountable Government
- 03/30/2008 Central Texans in Congress push for earmarks, sometimes out of public view
- 03/27/2008 Walden's Earmark Requests Online, Bend Misses Out
- 03/24/2008 Fixing government
- 03/24/2008 ‘Ed McMahon Syndrome’? Gilhooley, Holden voice differences over earmarks
- 03/24/2008 Political link to the mortgage crisis
- 03/23/2008 Just Do It
- 03/20/2008 There's a whole lot of misbehavin' goin' on
- 03/14/2008 House OKs independent ethics board
- 03/12/2008 Super duper site
- 03/07/2008 Conor Kenny Speaks about SuperDelegate Transparency Project on XM Radio
- 03/04/2008 Obama Supporters in Brooklyn Warn the Superdelegates: 'Make Our Votes Count'
- 02/27/2008 Oink! Oink! Murtha’s porkfest
- 02/27/2008 Ortiz Bet on China Deal
- 02/26/2008 Staffer Financial Disclosures to Go Online
- 02/22/2008 Hastert returns to his humble beginnings after historic career
- 02/22/2008 Mr. Heath Goes to Washington
- 02/19/2008 Keeping Tabs on the Superdelegates
- 02/15/2008 Crowdsourcing Puts Crucial Superdelegates Under a Microscope
- 02/14/2008 Earmark database is not digital
- 02/13/2008 The case of the earmark in Huntington
- 02/13/2008 Swimming upstream in Congress
- 02/11/2008 Former Sen. Nickles Deigns to Dine
- 01/23/2008 Lawmakers favor outside access to legislative data
- 01/10/2008 Seeking Online Exposure
- 01/05/2008 Look for weasel bonds to become '08 staple
- 01/02/2008 Commentary - Mark Tapscott: Bloomberg boomlet is old news in Internet age
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
