01.06.2009 — Sunlight Foundation's New Transparency Timeline Shows the History of Congressional Public Access ReformsThe Best of Disinfectants...
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OpenData Thursday
Massie Ritsch, the Center for Responsive Politics’ communication director, has declared 2009 “The Year for Open Data.” And judging by two announcements today, it looks like he’s right. CRP is just getting started opening up its vast databases to the world, making regular updates from here on forward. Check out what they are offering here. Also [...]
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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
- Update on Earmark Disclosure January 8, 2009
- Presidential Library Reform bill… January 7, 2009
- Waiting for fine print on earmark requests… January 6, 2009
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
- 111th Congress Convenes with 65 Freshmen (Profiles) January 6, 2009
- House Approves Automaker Bailout Bill December 11, 2008
- Congresspedia Preview: This Week in Congress (Dec. 6 - 12, 2008) December 8, 2008
OpenCongress.org
- Today in Congress: Obama Declared President-elect January 8, 2009
- Rulebreakers January 8, 2009
- The First Ten Bills of the 111th Senate January 8, 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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Transparency Timeline
A History of Congressional Public Access Reform. -
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
- New Database Tracks Most Used Words in Congress - News : MediaMouse Progressive Left News Blog - Grand Rapids, Michigan January 8, 2009
- Erie Times News: Dahlkemper makes debut in Congress January 8, 2009
- Nieman Journalism Lab: More online publishing power in Congress’ hands in 2009 January 8, 2009
- BaltoNorth: CSPAN to provide embeddable video January 7, 2009
- BlogHer: What the new Congress won't be talking about January 7, 2009
Press Mentions
- Dahlkemper makes debut in Congress January 8, 2009
- iGov January 6, 2009
- New Congress Checks In January 4, 2009
- Capitol Games January 4, 2009
- 'Transparency' fixes seen in Congress' future January 2, 2009
Congressional News Watch
- Harkin move kept Agriprocessors plant afloat January 7, 2009
- House Set to Pass Bill Requiring Disclosure of Donations to Presidential Libraries January 7, 2009
- Earmark Changes Unveiled January 7, 2009
- Rangel probe ups need for ethics chief January 7, 2009
- Dodd deflects question on mortgages December 23, 2008
