Sunlight Executive Director Ellen Miller responds to this guest post by Mike Godwin: There is little in Mike Godwin’s response that we disagree with. As he writes, the debate over SOPA and PIPA was changed not by “politics as usual” or a late infusion of interest group lobbying cash, “but the participation of the onlineRead… Read more »
A Sunlight analysis of the fight on Capitol Hill over SOPA is generating some pushback in the online community from activists who think we overstated the role of money and corporate lobbying in the debate. In the interest of broadening and deepening the conversation, we asked one of our critics, Mike Godwin, a former counselRead… Read more »
Facebook decides whether photos of nursing mothers are allowed to be displayed in its site (including in Australia and other nations where such photos are legal). Google leaves China to avoid complying with its national censorship laws. Gaming and gambling websites base themselves in jurisdictions where they are legal while attracting most of their customersRead… Read more »
Policy Fellow Matt Rumsey wrote this post. Here is Tuesday’s take on transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News Roundup: Campaign Finance More than a third of advertising related to the presidential race has come from nonprofit groups that can keep their donors secret. (Washington Post) Rep.Read… Read more »
From the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University: “The Department of Political Science at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University invites applications for a full-time, two year term position in Public Law and Policy at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin August 2012. The successful candidate will be expectedRead… Read more »
The Code for America model puts questions first, coding later. So if you were to ask us what the fellows will build, or the Brigade deploy, or the Accelerator start up — we honestly couldn’t say. This makes the task of weaving together common threads sometimes difficult. As our Government Relations Director mentioned last week,Read… Read more »
By an overwhelming majority, Senators passed the STOCK Act, a bill Majority Leader Reid described as, “a critical step toward restoring Americans’ faith in Congress” but failed—in fact actively prevented—to allow a vote on an amendment that would have required Senators and Senate candidates to electronically file their campaign finance reports. Sunlight wrote a letterRead… Read more »
Save the Date! Spring Break 2013 Study Abroad Program Walking Trek Across Northern England March 2013 Northern England is one of the most intensively managed natural landscapes and village networks in the world. At the core of this beautiful region are the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales National Parks. On this 10 day trekRead… Read more »
Lapidus is an Analytics Dashboard we developed in response to our desire to track metrics for all of our projects, whether they are web sites, APIs, mobile apps, etc. Sunlight has multiple projects that target different audiences and have different uses, but it is important for us to understand how all of these projects areRead… Read more »
Summary: Yesterday I handed in my notice in my current job as Digital Engagement Advisor at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. In a months time I will be Digital Engagement Lead for the Government Digital Service, reporting to Emer Coleman, Deputy Director of Digital Engagement. There are some people, some offers, that you just doRead… Read more »