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No E-Filing Fix in the Senate, Yet
National Journal’s Eliza Krigman reminds us all of the United States Senate’s failure to catch up with modern times and file their campaign finance reports in electronic format. Sunlight’s spent the past three years trying to get this legislation passed. The 110th Congress finally let the bill out of committee, only to see Republican senator [...]
Continue reading this postLast 5 posts to the Sunlight Foundation Blog- Good TARP Transparency Amendment January 15, 2009
- LittleSis January 14, 2009
- Planet Open January 14, 2009
- Technology Isn’t Ancillary or Extraneous January 14, 2009
- Statement: Sen. Levin will Release TARP Contracts January 13, 2009
The Sunlight “Transparency” Ecosystem 
Sunlight and our partners blog regularly to keep you informed about new efforts to open up access to government information, the influence of money in politics, new policy and technological developments to create greater political transparency and the latest news on congressional ethics. Below are the latest headlines from Sunlight's blogging community.
Real Time Investigations
- Greasing the stimulus with pork? January 12, 2009
- Update on Earmark Disclosure January 8, 2009
- Presidential Library Reform bill… January 7, 2009
Party Time!
- Top Partying Spots for Congressional Fundraisers December 19, 2008
- Sen. Salazar thinking snow? December 17, 2008
- Grinch afoot in Washington? December 11, 2008
Congresspedia.org
- New Committee Chairs and Caucus Leaders in the 111th Congress January 9, 2009
- 111th Congress Convenes with 65 Freshmen (Profiles) January 6, 2009
- House Approves Automaker Bailout Bill December 11, 2008
OpenCongress.org
- House Dems Release Stimulus Summary January 15, 2009
- LittleSis - Bringing Transparency to Powerful Relationships January 14, 2009
- Pushing TARP Transparency January 14, 2009
The Open House Project
- Deep Throat Meets Data Mining January 12, 2009
- How You Can Help January 11, 2009
- Rep McKeon’s Video Tours January 10, 2009
The Open Senate Project
- How You Can Help January 11, 2009
- Resolved: The Senate Will Be More Open December 31, 2008
- On Oversight in Public December 3, 2008
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Transparency Timeline
A History of Congressional Public Access Reform. -
Capitol Words
Taking Congress at its Word. -
2009 Tariff Suspensions
See Who’s Seeking Tax Breaks on Imports from Congress -
Transparency Jobs
Bringing Transparency to Government, One Job at a Time -
Capitol Tweets
Keep up on the latest tweets from members of Congress who use Twitter. -
The Open Senate Project
A bipartisan, collaborative initiative to study the Senate's current information-sharing practices -
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! -
Party Time!
Documenting the Political Partying Circuit. -
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
Web Mentions
- Huffington Post: LittleSis - keep an eye on the (abusive) powerful January 15, 2009
- Talkin' bout a revolution: Creating new opportunities for open and participatory government January 15, 2009
- Columbia Journalism Review: A See-Through Society January 15, 2009
- Infosthetics: Word Frequency from the Congressional Record January 15, 2009
- BuzzFeed: Congressional Word Clouds January 15, 2009
Press Mentions
- Politico party guide: Scene and be seen January 15, 2009
- A See-Through Society January 15, 2009
- YouTube Teams With Congress to Show Lawmakers at Work January 12, 2009
- Special interests prey on Inaugural January 12, 2009
- Republicans Favoring Increased Transparency for Obama Spending Bill January 9, 2009
Congressional News Watch
- Inaugural is lobbying schmooze January 13, 2009
- YouTube Offers Channels Showing Congress at Work January 12, 2009
- Ethics Report Tallies Inquiries January 12, 2009
- Obama Sends Mixed Signals on Lobbyists January 12, 2009
- Harkin move kept Agriprocessors plant afloat January 7, 2009
