If you knew where to look, you might have been able to find the massive FY 09 Omnibus Appropriations bill that was passed by the House yesterday. (Check here.) It was posted online for about 48 hours before it was debated. But is that really enough time for consideration...

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 citizens with vital government information, particularly in the case of the $787 billion stimulus bill. What must be noted first is that Recovery.gov marks a...

(An investigative report from the Sunlight Foundation's Bill Allison, this article is cross-posted at the Real Time Investigations blog.)

House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel predicted, on C-SPAN's Newsmakers program that aired Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, that his multitude of ethics woes would soon disappear. "I...

I don't think it's balderdash, as Jason Linkins put it, that members of Congress are twittering about their work from the House Floor.

He also says that America would be better off if our leaders resolved disputes with duels. Well, that's an enlightened way to debate...

It's - ta da -- Fortune 535, Sunlight's latest project that visualizes lawmakers' personal financial disclosure data from 1995-2006. (The time period from which this data is readily available.)

Fortune 535 also lets citizens compare the net worth growth of each lawmaker to that of the average American...