In the era of austerity, and seemingly endless conversations about budget deficits, finding solutions that both cut costs and make sure payments make it to…
Last week CivSource reported on a new Executive Order from the President establishing federal open data policy for the government agencies. Officials are now adding…
President Obama has issued a new executive order on open data. In it, the President says that it should be the default position of the…
A new report from the city’s public advocate’s office shows that New York City government isn’t quite as transparent as it could be. The new…
The Pennsylvania senate is making a big push for more government transparency. Law makers passed three bills focused on providing more government information to the…
A new report on government transparency by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, which conducts research and public education on behalf of consumers and the public…
As part of Sunshine Week, a week devoted to promoting government transparency, Sunshine Review, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to government transparency, released the winners…
New York has launched open.ny.gov, a new state data transparency website that provides one-stop access to data from New York State agencies, localities, and the…
Sunshine Review, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to state and local government transparency, released their 2013 Transparency Report Card grading every state and the largest…
The latest Google Transparency Report shows that 68% of government requests for information on an individual user are warrantless. In a post on Google’s official…
