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Open Government

Are Any Members of Congress Still on MySpace?

Susannah Vila | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: E-Democracy, Social Media, Senate, Congress, Social Networking, Open Government, Technology News
Susannah Vila

It's one thing for a blogger, a media outlet or an advocacy organization to flee a social network for greener pastures, but aren't Congress members using social media for slightly different reasons?

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Referendum 71: US Supreme Court Judge Blocks Release Of Names In Gay Rights Ballot Fight

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, US Supreme Court, Ref 71, Benefits, Gay, Benjamin Settle, Public, Same-Sex, Washington State, Names, Gay Rights, Vote, Secret, Supreme Court, Referendum 71, Olympia, Open-Government, Justice Kennedy, Anthony Kennedy, Petition, Gay Marriage, Domestic Partnership, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who sig...

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The New Axis in Politics, or, What Obama Meant When He Said 'Change')

John Geraci | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Open Government, Government, Obama Administration, Change Obama, President Obama, Politics News
John Geraci

Open government creates transparency in government, throws out information asymmetries and levels playing fields between ordinary citizens, government agencies and wealthy interest groups.

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Read The Bill Fail: Cap and Trade Edition

Avelino Maestas | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Read the Bill, Transparency, Climate Change, Congress, Open Government, Politics News
Avelino Maestas

The House today is scheduled to vote on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, a sweeping piece of legislation that will establish a program to cap em...

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Obama's Schooling the Bank on Transparency

Chad Dobson | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Disclosure, Ifi, Open Government, Multilateral Development Banks, World Bank, Bretton Woods System, Business News, Imf, Freedom of Information, Obama Transparency, Business News
Chad Dobson

Over the past five months, President Obama has made great strides in improving transparency within the USG. Mr. Zoellick and his team of experts over at the World Bank could stand to learn a thing or two from the U.S. Government.

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Data.Gov Launches: Why You Should Care and What You Should Do

Jake Brewer | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Ellen Miller, Sunlight Labs, Government Accountability, Craig Newmark, Sunlight Foundation, Open Government, Clay Johnson, Politics News
Jake Brewer

Sometimes the geekiest stuff is the most important. When it comes to creating a more transparent and accountable government, Thursday, May 21, is one...

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Obama New Media Team off to a Great Start

Craig Newmark | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama Administration, Obama Transparency, Open Government, Media News
Craig Newmark

The previous Administration told us they weren't interested in feedback from Americans, and followed through. The Obama team is starting from nothing, and building a team which listens to people and will act.

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Hope + Lessig = Change

Sarah Newman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Citizen Lobbyist, Michele Bachman, Casino Jack, Congress, change.org, Charlie Rangel, Interior Department Staff's Drug Use and Sex Scandal, Barack Obama, Lawrence Lessig, McCain-Feingold Act, Government Accountability, Rod Blagojevich, Takepart, Open Government, Ethics, Change Congress, New York Times, Campaign Finance Reform, Citizen Voices, Don Young, Politics News
Sarah Newman

Lawrence Lessig, through his group, Change Congress, has already done some of the important legwork to get us involved in removing the influence of special interests in Congress.

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Marching Toward Justice on the 217th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights

Caroline Fredrickson | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Interrogations, Military Commissions, Bill of Rights, Abuse, Open Government, Civil Rights, Guantanamo, Limited Government, Rule of Law, Rendition, Torture, Politics News
Caroline Fredrickson

When our nation's founders ratified the Bill of Rights 217 years ago today, they knew that justice could not be served in secret, and that punishment doled out in the shadows inexorably leads to illegitimacy.

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Next President Has "Open" Opportunity

Leslie Harris | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foia, E-Government, Electorate, Information, Open Government, President, Election, Internet, Censorship, Net Neutrality, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The issue of a government-led artificial restriction on access to information has more or less flown under the radar screen but it won't remain that way; it can't.

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Moving Toward Transparent Government

Sarah Granger | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Transparency, John McCain, pdf08, Personal Democracy Forum, Social Networking, Open Government, Internet, Joe Rospars, whitehouse.gov, Barack Obama, Home News
Sarah Granger

A President Obama would very likely improve on the current approach to transparency, epitomized by a White House site where the latest citizen Q&A was posted on the "interactive" page on 3/26/06.

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