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Tools for Transparency: Easy Ways to Organize Your Events
Posted By: | October 26, 2010
With all the great online resources for progressing the open government movement, it's important to remember the offline element and the tools we can leverage to organize, promote and host events.
Categories: Sunlight

Ads Are No More Negative In This Election Than Previous Years
Posted By: Noah Kunin | October 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.
Categories: Governors , Legislatures , Media and Advertising , Sunlight

Mine Safety and the Story of Openness
Posted By: | October 14, 2010
The challenge in working for government transparency is that you are always working against its opposite: opacity. What we don’t see is often what's most harmful to us.
Categories: Sunlight
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Rahm Emanuel's White House Visitor Trail
Posted By: Paul Blumenthal | October 6, 2010
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel left the White House to pursue a bid to be the next Mayor of Chicago. Who visited Emanuel while in the White House, and what could that meant for his future -- and the White House's?
Categories: Sunlight

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