Sunlight Foundation
How Congress Rushed a Bill that Helped Bring the Economy to Its Knees
Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics
If ever there was a case where Congress should have given more time and listened closer, this was it. Now, we're all paying for it.
Once Again, Real Journalism From Comedy Central (VIDEO)
Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media
Leave it to Comedy Central -- this time Stephen Colbert -- to do the traditional media's job in exposing the fanatical charlatans like Glenn Beck.
Use Twitter to Get Senators to be Upfront about Campaign Contributions
Craig Newmark | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
Hey, the folks at Sunlight Foundation have launched a campaign to get Senators to disclose campaign finances and it uses Twitter. This is part of the ...
Recovery.gov: Transparency and Expectations
The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics
The launch of Recovery.gov as an accountability tool for the public exhibits the spirit of President Obama's promise to use the Internet to connect ci...
Bloggers: Get Thee to Congressional Staffs!
Lorelei Kelly | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics
You twenty-somethings who are reading this, if you can't take your day job after being part of such a political earthquake like last week's election, go find your local Member of Congress and apply for a job.
Sunlight Foundation pushes for financial bailout transparency
Craig Newmark | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
Sunlight Foundation and its director, Ellen Miller, leads the effort to find out what's the deal with the financial bailout legislation. Wired provide...
Where the Politicians Party
Paul Blumenthal | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
There are already over 400 reported parties for the two presidential conventions. Hosts include Qwest, Eli Lilly, AT&T, the RIAA, PhRMA, and lobbying giant Patton Boggs.
Big Senate transparency/anticorruption push from Sunlight Foundation
Craig Newmark | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics
Right now, people running for Congress or President need to disclose campaign contributions to the Federal Election Commission in electronic form. Tha...
Nancy gets behind Congressional Net usage
Craig Newmark | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
Congressman Pelosi speaks for herself here:We share the goal of modernizing the antiquated franking regulations to address the rapidly changing realit...
Let Congress Tweet
Avelino Maestas | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home
It's obvious by now that social networking and tools like YouTube and wikis have changed the way we collect information and converse with one another online. Why not encourage our elected officials from joining us?
Sunlight Foundation Investigator Exposes Corruption in McCain Campaign
Craig Newmark | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Hey, this has been covered a little in the press, but I just found that the investigator never got credit, so here we go:On April 15, Anupanama Naraya...
Watchdog Group: Clinton's Wealth Rose Fastest Among Lawmakers
McClatchy Newspapers | Greg Gordon | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
Propelled by her husband's post-White House earnings, Sen. Hillary Clinton's average net worth soared from red ink to $30.7 million between 2000 and 2...
Craig Newmark | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics