Press Release Archives
- 10/02/2008 Sunlight Foundation Releases First Online Foreign Agent Lobbying Database
- 09/30/2008 Sunlight Foundation Petition Tells Congress to Wait 72 Hours After Posting Next Bailout Bill Before Voting
- 09/29/2008 Sunlight Foundation Petition Urges Congress to Wait 72 Hours Before Voting on the Bailout Bill
- 09/26/2008 Get Filled in on the Bailout: Sunlight Shines a Light on Lobbying, Fundraiser Parties and Secret Legislation
- 09/24/2008 Financial Sector Fetes Lawmakers Making Bailout Decisions
- 09/23/2008 Citizens can Markup Bailout Bills on PublicMarkup.org
- 09/19/2008 Millennials Talk "Money in Politics" in Washington D.C.
- 08/19/2008 Sunlight Foundation's New Party Time Web Site Documents Convention Party Circuit - and Beyond
- 08/19/2008 Updated Convention Party Lists from Lobbying Firm Available at Sunlight's New Party Time Web Site
- 08/14/2008 K Street's Favorite: Former Governor Mark Warner
- 08/13/2008 August 19: Training Session: New Tools for Tracking Money-in-Politics
- 08/07/2008 At least 370 Parties Scheduled for the Democratic and Republican Parties
- 07/31/2008 Sunlight Releases 'Beta' of its Model Transparency Bill Based on Citizen Feedback on PublicMarkup.org
- 07/15/2008 Citizens Help Tally Which Lawmakers Disclosed their 2009 Earmark Requests Online
- 07/10/2008 New Sunlight Petition Declares, 'Let Our Congress Tweet'
- 07/03/2008 Sunlight's New PoliQuiz Asks, ‘What’s Your Political IQ?’
- 06/25/2008 Campaign Finance Watchdogs and Reform Groups Urge Presidential Candidates to Reveal More Donor Information
- 06/18/2008 Capitol Words Gives Glimpse of What Congress is Discussing
- 05/13/2008 Sunlight’s New ‘Fortune 535’ Site Details the Growth of Lawmakers’ Net Worth
- 03/31/2008 Sunlight Invites Collaboration on New Transparency Bill
- 03/06/2008 Lessig to Launch beta of Change Congress Project in Sunshine Week Lecture
- 03/05/2008 Citizen Journalists at the SuperDelegate Transparency Project Produce Only Fully Sourced, Detailed Reporting on SuperDelegates
- 02/14/2008 Sunlight Empowers Internet Entrepreneurs with Mini-grants
- 01/22/2008 Sunlight Awarded $2 Million Grant by Omidyar Network
- 01/10/2008 Sunlight Foundation Offers Mini-grants to Increase Transparency of Government Information
Recent Sunlight Foundation Projects
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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. -
PoliQuiz
Test Your Political IQ with our interactive political trivia game. -
Let Our Congress Tweet
Congress should join us where we are talking, sharing and networking—online. -
Capitol Words
Fresh from the US Congressional Record to Your Screen. -
Fortune 535
Running the Numbers on Congressional Net Worth. -
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 -
Punch Clock Map
Putting congressional transparency on the map.
Press Releases
- Sunlight Foundation Releases First Online Foreign Agent Lobbying Database October 2, 2008
- Sunlight Foundation Petition Tells Congress to Wait 72 Hours After Posting Next Bailout Bill Before Voting September 30, 2008
- Sunlight Foundation Petition Urges Congress to Wait 72 Hours Before Voting on the Bailout Bill September 29, 2008
Web Mentions
- TPile » Blog Archive » Permanent Links For US Legislation Documents October 10, 2008
- cit eric o October 10, 2008
- Slashdot: Permanent Links For US Legislation Documents October 10, 2008
- Epoch Times: Challenge to Candidates: Support Greater Transparency October 9, 2008
- IT Conversations : Technometria with Phil Windley: Micah Sifry (Free Podcast) October 9, 2008
- Pajamas TV: Oct. 8th Glenn Reynolds and the Economy October 9, 2008
- Think Progress: ThinkFast: October 9, 2008 October 9, 2008
- Heard on the Hill: This Campaign Supporter Doesn’t Sleep. He Waits. October 9, 2008
- JoeTrippi.com:Follow-up: Congress just a tweet away, too? October 8, 2008
- carapace: Wed. Oct.8 October 8, 2008
Press Mentions
- Heard on the Hill: This Campaign Supporter Doesn’t Sleep. He Waits. October 9, 2008
- Challenge to Candidates: Support Greater Transparency October 8, 2008
- Bailout bill’s stealthy authorship potentially problematic October 2, 2008
- Bailout Outrage Races Across the Web September 29, 2008
- Bailout Agreement Hits the Net -Is This Transparency? September 28, 2008
- Shock therapy September 28, 2008
- What we can expect — and whom to blame: In Washington September 28, 2008
- Pricey, private Davis events with finance industry fill war chest September 26, 2008
- Heller gets donations during luncheon hosted by financial services industry September 26, 2008
- The Big Bailout September 26, 2008
