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How the FEC Can Do It Better
Last month, the Federal Election Commission invited the public to participate in a January 14th hearing on how the agency can improve its compliance and enforcement processes. The FEC is encouraging the public to submit written comments and to testify at the hearing. Naturally, as a frequent user of campaign finance data and often critic [...]
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- Congressional Bribery? December 23, 2008
- SEC Rules for Transparency and Oversight December 23, 2008
The Sunlight “Transparency” Ecosystem 
Sunlight and our partners blog regularly to keep you informed about new efforts to open up access to government information, the influence of money in politics, new policy and technological developments to create greater political transparency and the latest news on congressional ethics. Below are the latest headlines from Sunlight's blogging community.
Real Time Investigations
- NY Times: Clinton Foundation Donor got help from Hillary January 4, 2009
- Bailout money mystery December 22, 2008
- Updates to Clinton donors December 19, 2008
Party Time!
- Top Partying Spots for Congressional Fundraisers December 19, 2008
- Sen. Salazar thinking snow? December 17, 2008
- Grinch afoot in Washington? December 11, 2008
Congresspedia.org
- House Approves Automaker Bailout Bill December 11, 2008
- Congresspedia Preview: This Week in Congress (Dec. 6 - 12, 2008) December 8, 2008
- Congresspedia Review: This Week in Congress (Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2008) December 6, 2008
OpenCongress.org
- Obama and Pelosi Talk Stimulus January 5, 2009
- EFCA Without Card-Check? January 5, 2009
- The Obama Tax Cuts January 4, 2009
The Open House Project
- CSPAN embeddable video, H. Con. Res. 307 December 1, 2008
- OpenCongress.org Does Voting Comparisons November 3, 2008
- Required Reports: A Proposal for an Aggregated View October 26, 2008
The Open Senate Project
- Resolved: The Senate Will Be More Open December 31, 2008
- On Oversight in Public December 3, 2008
- Oversight Reports: Proposal for an Aggregated View October 26, 2008
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Capitol Words
Taking Congress at its Word. -
2009 Tariff Suspensions
See Who’s Seeking Tax Breaks on Imports from Congress -
Transparency Jobs
Bringing Transparency to Government, One Job at a Time -
Capitol Tweets
Keep up on the latest tweets from members of Congress who use Twitter. -
The Open Senate Project
A bipartisan, collaborative initiative to study the Senate's current information-sharing practices -
FARAdb
A proof of concept site based on Foreign Agent Registration Act data -
Read The Bill First
Sign the petition! Demand they take at least 72 hours to read the bailout bill! -
Pass S.223
We need your help to pass S.223. -
Party Time!
Documenting the Political Partying Circuit. -
Public Markup
An experiment to open bills to online, public review. -
EarmarkWatch
Bringing Citizen Oversight to Congressional Spending. -
Visualizing Earmarks
Select Visualizations of 2005 OMB Earmark Data. -
Where Are They Now?
Former Congressional Staffers head through the Revolving Door
Web Mentions
- The Politics of Systems: APIs for democracy January 5, 2009
- ACLA Older Adult Forum: Capitol Words January 5, 2009
- TechNews.AM: Search every word spoken in Congress!... (Alt Search Engines) January 5, 2009
- Media Mouse: New Database Tracks Most Used Words in Congress - Briefs - Grand Rapids, Michigan News & Independent Media January 5, 2009
- Oregon Public Broadcasting: A Kurt Schrader Follow-Up January 5, 2009
Press Mentions
- 'Transparency' fixes seen in Congress' future January 2, 2009
- e-Hail To the Chief December 31, 2008
- Word-for-word, Congress big on health, energy December 19, 2008
- Bill Clinton discloses foundation donors December 19, 2008
- Pay and Play December 19, 2008
Congressional News Watch
- Dodd deflects question on mortgages December 23, 2008
- Whistleblower Alleges Prosecutorial Misconduct in Senator Stevens Case December 23, 2008
- Washington lobbying booms as economy tanks December 23, 2008
- Ethics rules complicate life for Santa December 23, 2008
- With Stevens’s Fall, a Pipeline for Lobbyists Is Shutting Off December 23, 2008
