A nonprofit watchdog has filed a Freedom of Information Act suit to force General Services Administration officials to release federal contract documents that are supposed to be publicly available.

The Sunlight Foundation's recent criticism of USASpending.gov has sparked a debate about whether it is fair to push for transparency in governmnet but then chide agencies if the newly transparent data ...

Civic hacker and AOL/Ad.com developer Shea Frederick is the Sunlight Foundation‘s latest OpenGov Champion. The nonprofit, D.C.-based foundation is known for promoting more open government and ...

On Wednesday, in the middle of Sunshine Week 2017, the Sunlight Foundation published a new how-to guide for cities and their data. The resource, called the “Tactical Data Engagement” guide, aims to ...

Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. A day after news hit that Twitter cut off the feed that fueled the ...

The Sunlight Foundation is an American 501 nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for open government. The organization was founded in April 2006 with the goal of increasing transparency ...

This article was written by John Wonderlich, Policy Director for the Sunlight Foundation. As Nicole wrote last week, we're digging into state level transparency, in order to share what we know, and to ...

It’s no secret that Jeffrey Katzenberg is among President Obama’s biggest fundraisers: He’s listed as a $500,000 bundler in this year’s campaign, along with his political adviser Andy Spahn. And ...

The nonprofit The Sunlight Foundation has created a series of template emails to make it easier for politicians to be in contact with their constituents via email. Sunlight has created email addresses ...

The firms that spent most on lobbying had smaller tax rates, a report states. April 18, 2012 — -- intro: The eight companies that spent the most on lobbying happened to have a lower corporate tax ...

The Sunlight Foundation announced Friday a new campaign to persuade Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to reveal the Republican senator who has put a hold on legislation that would require senators to file ...