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- Government Data Sets: Managing Expectations
- 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.
- Categories: Sunlight
- Senate Judiciary Committee to Ponder Court Transparency
- When it comes to directing some sunlight at the courts, there are many more transparency measures to consider.
- Categories: Sunlight
- Introducing the Cycle of Transparency
- The "Cycle of Transparency" demonstrates the specific actions and the variety of actors that need to work together to create the open, transparent government we seek--a useful tool in thinking about how to make governments more transparent.
- Categories: Sunlight
- What You Can Do with TransparencyData.com
- Sunlight Labs announced the release of TransparencyData.com in April. The site makes searching, obtaining and downloading government data so much easier than it has ever been.
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- Why Apply Transparency to Lobbying?
- The one significant change in disclosure that goes to the root of the public fears of lobbying would be immediate disclosure of lobbyist contact with lawmakers, government officials and government offices. There an informational valley here that creates extreme distrust and fear.
- Categories: Sunlight
- Comparing the House and Senate Versions of the DISCLOSE Act
- Sunlight's Policy Counsel wrote about his curiosity regarding the differences between the House and Senate versions of the DISCLOSE Act, legislation that responds to the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision in Citizens United. Today, he has his answer.
- Categories: Sunlight
- DISCLOSE Shines a Bright Light on Corporate Expenditures but Leaves Political Activities in the Shadows
- Sunlight couldn’t agree more with the name of the bill introduced today by Senator Schumer and Representatives Van Hollen and Castle: Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (the DISCLOSE Act).
- Categories: Sunlight
GOVERNING By the Numbers is a companion to GOVERNING Data that digests the growing body of work at the intersection of computer-assisted journalism, data visualization and government transparency.
GOVERNING By the Numbers is dedicated to telling important stories through numbers, with a focus on both our original work in data visualization on GOVERING Data and providing an ongoing tally of editor's picks of new and notable data releases of use to those in government and those who care about it.
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