Press Articles
- 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
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
