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WASHINGTON, DC - An important transparency provision promoted by the Sunlight Foundation to mandate the Internet disclosure of members of Congress' personal financial information was included in the Honest Leadership bill unveiled last night by House Democratic leaders. For the first time ever, Congress would require that these members' reports be posted on the Internet to be accessible to the public.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Leading a broad coalition of government transparency advocates from left and right, the Sunlight Foundation today petitioned Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to make personal financial disclosure reports by members of Congress freely available on the Internet as soon as they are made public.
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Press briefing to announce MAPlight.org's new revolutionary search engine that reveals the connections between money and politics within Congress.
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WASHINGTON, DC - In a presentation to congressional staff and Representatives, members of the Open House Project delivered today recommendations for a series of technological reforms that would increase transparency and public access to the work and members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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WASHINGTON, DC - The Sunlight Foundation today announced that "Unfluence" (http://unfluence.primate.net/index.html) - submitted as an entry to its recent Mashup Contest - has won the $2,000 prize as the most innovative "Web 2.0" mashup.
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Press conference and Hill briefing to announce recommendations by the Open House Project to increase transparency of the U.S. House of Representatives.