Here is a look at what happened yesterday on the Sunlight network.

Lisa Rosenberg marked the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. (Sunlight Foundation Blog)
Paul Blumenthal used Politico’s article “Obama’s Revolving Door” as a jumping off point to examine the approach that both the White House and Congress take to shining a light [...]

Here is Wednesday’s look at the week’s transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events.

Here is a look at what happened yesterday on the Sunlight network.

Ellen Miller announced the beta launch of OpenGovernment.org, a free and open-source web application that allows users to dig into local, city and state level government. (Sunlight Foundation Blog)
Tom Lee also announced that OpenGovernment.org is live with Sunlight’s first five states. (Sunlight Labs Blog)
John Wonderlich [...]

Here is Tuesday’s look at the week’s transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events
News Roundup:

Uncertainty over whether House members are immune from a wide variety of Justice Department scrutiny methods due to the “speech or debate” clause has contributed to the failure of many [...]

Here is a look at what happened recently on the Sunlight network.

Ellen Miller celebrated the tenth birthday of Wikipedia and applauded their model of citizen engagement and collaboration. (Sunlight Foundation Blog)
Paul Blumenthal reported that former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is looking at Citizens United as part of his appeal to overturn his three-year prison sentence [...]

Here is Friday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events.
News Roundup:

Bruce Reed will become Vice President Joe Biden’s chief of staff. (Politico)(Roll Call $)
A new white paper from the Cornell Law School posits that federal agencies are not likely to be successful in establishing effective and [...]

Here is a look at what happened yesterday on the Sunlight network.

Ellen Miller reported that the Wesleyan Media Project, a Sunlight grantee, recently announced two academic studies based on the comprehensive political ad tracking from the 2010 midterm elections. (Sunlight Foundation Blog)
Daniel Schuman highlighted some of the recommendations from the American Bar Association’s Task Force [...]

Here is Thursday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events.
News Roundup:

Norm Eisen, outgoing White House ethics czar, looks back at his tenure. (The Hill)
The Center for American Progress launched a new “Tax Expenditure of the Week” series, aimed at explaining tax breaks. (Center for American Progress)

The [...]

Here is a look at what happened yesterday on the Sunlight network.

Paul Blumenthal wrote about the practice of secret holds and a project aimed to track down the the Senator who held up a whistleblower protection bill. (Sunlight Foundation Blog)
Lisa Rosenberg had a piece about deterring lobbyist corruption by improving the disclosure rules. (Sunlight [...]

Here is Wednesday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events.
News Roundup:

Three Republican subcommittee chairs on the House Appropriations Committee say they view the earmark ban as temporary. (The Hill)
A task force organized by the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law [...]