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Open Data: Appetite vs. Reality
Posted By: | November 16, 2010
Tech-savvy governments are adopting new transparency policies for “Open Data." These declarations can be great, but they can also face severe limitations.
Categories: Sunlight

The Citizens United Effect
Posted By: Paul Blumenthal | November 10, 2010
The Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling allowed this election to be the costliest and least transparent midterm in recent history.
Categories: Sunlight
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Is AFSCME or the Chamber the Top Political Spender?
Posted By: | November 1, 2010
Which outside group is the biggest spender this election? Sunlight's Bill Allison explains why this is so difficult to determine.
Categories: Election Results , Media and Advertising , National Politics , Parties & Interest Groups , Sunlight

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