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White House hosts “Open Government Workshop” during Sunshine Week
This is how @opengovpart National Action Plans get made pic.twitter.com/3d9gvmFUOs — Nathaniel Heller (@Integrilicious) March 17, 2015 Yesterday, the White House hosted an “Open Government Workshop”...
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U.S. government launches online traffic analytics dashboard for federal websites
There are roughly 1,361 .gov domains* operated by the executive branch of the United States federal government, 700-800 of which are live and in active use. Today, for the first time, the public can...
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Obama names top Facebook engineer director of White House IT, creates...
In its search for technology talent, the White House has been recruiting heavily from Google of late, including U.S. chief technology officer Megan Smith. Today, President Barack Obama showed that his...
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FOIA reform faces higher odds in 114th Congress
Federal financial regulators and the industry that they regulate are fretting over Freedom of Informatiom Act reform in Congress, per The Hill. At least the concerns about sensitive info are being...
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Hillary Clinton hires Google product manager for civic innovation and social...
In hiring Stephanie Hannon to be her campaign’s chief technology officer, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not just bringing on a former Cisco software engineer with product management...
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USASpending.gov addresses some data issues, adds Github issues tracker for...
On April 1st, some reporters, open government advocates and people in industry may have hoped that a new redesign of USASpending.gov, the flagship financial transparency website of the United States...
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15 key insights from the Pew Internet and Life Project on the American...
Today, a new survey released by the Pew Research Internet and Life Project provided one of the most comprehensive snapshots into the attitudes of the American public towards open data and open...
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Half empty or half full? Mixed reactions to Pew research on open data and...
Yesterday, I wrote up 15 key insights from the Pew Internet and Life Project’s new research on the American public’s attitude towards open data and open government. If you missed it, what people think...
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From Stickies to Wikis: White House seeks online feedback on open government
In a followup post, the White House shared a link to a collaborative online document where the notes from an open government workshop held during Sunlight Week were posted online for comment. In doing...
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U.S. Civil Society Groups release model National Open Government Action Plan
This is the week for seeking feedback on open government in the United States. 4 days ago, the White House published a collaborative online document that digitized the notes from an open government...
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New Freedom of Information Act Reform Bill Introduced In Congress
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives will once again weigh reforming the Freedom of Information Act to improve how the most important open government law of the United States is honored. The...
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REPORT: Limited White House Progress On Open Government Commitments
Today, OpenTheGovernment.org released a report of experts who evaluated how well the Obama administration has met its commitments to the Open Government Partnership in its second National Action Plan...
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Do nudges and civic apps help or hinder public policy reform?
The New York Times published a thoughtful exploration of societal probems, behavioral economics and government policy today. The intended big takeaway is clear enough: systemic issues, from poverty to...
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Congress releases open data on bill status
Imagine searching Facebook, Google or Twitter for the status of a bill before Congress and getting an instant result. That future is now here, but it’s not evenly implemented yet. When the Library of...
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Obama Administration Secretly Lobbied Against FOIA Reform In Congress
A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit showed that the Obama administration vigorously lobbied against Freedom of Information Act reform in Congress. The documents and correspondence, which were...
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United States Releases Draft National Open Source Software Policy
On September 23, 2014, the White House announced that the United States would create an official policy for open source software. Today, the nation took a big step towards making more software built...
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President Obama’s media critique is missing self-reflection
President Barack Obama commented on the state of journalism this week, speaking at the Toner Prize ceremony. It’s a thoughtful analysis from a voracious, long-time consumer and, it seems, critic of...
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Why I’m joining the Sunlight Foundation
I won’t bury the lede on this story: today is my first day at the Sunlight Foundation as a senior analyst. I’m enormously excited to be joining an organization that’s been at the heart of a global...
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In search of a vaccine for a disinformation virus
As Mark Twain famously blogged, a lie can be tweeted halfway around the world while the truth is still unlocking its smartphone. Misinformation is unintentional. Disinformation is not. A...
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Overdue political ad transparency at Facebook informs public
Less than a year after I called for tech companies to publish a a public political ad file as open data online, Facebook has committed to doing so this August, through an API. Working with Congress to...
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