Noah Kunin

Recent Articles

• Ads Are No More Negative In This Election Than Previous Years
• Oct 26, 2010
• As we approach Election Day, the number of ads continue to increase, but based on recent data from the Wesleyan Media Project they are no more negative than in previous years.

• 6 Ways to Crowdsource Government
• Sep 28, 2010
• Just a few years ago crowdsourcing was a novel concept, mainly untried. Now that the idea has gained traction, it could be used in any realm -- even in government.

• Bill Would Place Agency Reports to Congress Online
• Sep 7, 2010
• Recently legislation introduced in Congress would make it a lot easier for the public to access thousands of congressionally mandated reports, which often provide valuable insight into what the federal government is (or should be) doing.

• Transparency Best Practices for States, Pt. 3
• Aug 30, 2010
• As Sunlight Foundation sets the stage for advocating on local and state transparency issues, inevitably the question comes: How exactly do you go about learning more about policies in your state?

• Transparency Best Practices for States, Pt. 2
• Aug 27, 2010
• Sunlight Foundation is digging into state level transparency issues best practices. The three issues it is focusing on: ethics and campaign finance, legislative data and budget transparency.

• Transparency Best Practices for States, Pt. 1
• Aug 25, 2010
• Over the next few weeks and months, Sunlight Foundation and Public Equals Online will develop a guide on how to do state-level organizing and advocacy around transparency and open government.
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• White House Announces Leading Practices Winners
• Aug 17, 2010
• On Thursday, the White House announced the winners of their Leading Practices initiative -- agencies that proactively attained a higher standard of transparency.

• It's Not Easy Being Non-Partisan
• Aug 13, 2010
• Being a non-partisan organization may seem ambiguous, but Sunlight Foundation maintains that transparency is something both political sides can agree on and fight for.

• Where is the Government's Blowout Preventer?
• Jul 13, 2010
• Just as there is now a new cap being fitted over the leaking oil well, patching a mechanical failure, Sunlight Foundation is left wondering whether the now-defunct Minerals Management Service will be fixed as well.

• Grading the New USA.gov
• Jul 8, 2010
• USA.gov just launched the new design of their website. Since we took a stab at redesigning it ourselves back in January 2009, Sunlight Foundation thought it would see if they took any of its advice.

• Citizens United: South Dakota's response
• Jun 9, 2010
• The Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United v. FEC case has rendered 24 state election laws unconstitutional. The Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group has decided to report what each state is doing to respond to the highly-contested ruling. We’re going state by state, and now onto South Dakota.

• Citizens United: Arizona's Response
• Jun 8, 2010
• The Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group has decided to report what states are doing to respond to the highly-contested Citizens United v FEC ruling. We’ll go state by state, starting with Arizona.
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• From Earmark to Disappearmark
• May 11, 2010
• What happens when earmarked money isn't spent?

• Government Data Sets: Managing Expectations
• May 10, 2010
• With few exceptions, data sets being released were not assembled with the explicit intention of being made public, nor scrutinized. What we need to do is provide ways for the government community to address the state, quality and lineage of a data set--and encourage them to publish it anyway.