11.13.2008 — Sunlight Foundation Launches Hub for Transparency JobsThe Best of Disinfectants...
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Policy Review: POGO on Closing the Revolving Door
In the winter of 2007, in between the two sessions of the 110th Congress, Sen. Trent Lott, an institution in Congress since the 1980s, suddenly announced his impending retirement from the Senate. Lott had an illustrious career as a legislator rising all the way to the top of the Senate, serving as Senate Majority Leader [...]
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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
- Lobbyists for a Dubai Company Ensured Smooth Buyout November 18, 2008
- Does Congress think Detroit is a good investment? November 17, 2008
- OpenSecrets.org updates Financial Disclosure database October 16, 2008
Party Time!
- September: the month most partied November 13, 2008
- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow November 11, 2008
- Energy industry partying November 6, 2008
Congresspedia.org
- Leadership Changes in the 111th Congress November 20, 2008
- Congresspedia Preview: This Week in Congress (November 14-21, 2008) November 17, 2008
- Wiki the Vote - Undecided House and Senate Races November 13, 2008
OpenCongress.org
- Pelosi's Big-Three Bailout Deal November 21, 2008
- Lame-Duck Senate to Vote on Unemployment Benefits Extension November 19, 2008
- Big-Three Bailout and National Security November 18, 2008
The Open House Project
- OpenCongress.org Does Voting Comparisons November 3, 2008
- Required Reports: A Proposal for an Aggregated View October 26, 2008
- Open House Project Retrospective October 14, 2008
The Open Senate Project
- Oversight Reports: Proposal for an Aggregated View October 26, 2008
- Open Senate Project Launches October 21, 2008
- Senate Rules October 19, 2008
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Transparency Jobs
Bringing Transparency to Government, One Job at a Time -
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. -
Capitol Words
Fresh from the US Congressional Record to Your Screen. -
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
- Daschle to steer Obama health care effort | Daily Record | Daily Record November 20, 2008
- Linux News: Community: By the People: Citizen Involvement the Open Source Way November 20, 2008
- USA Today: Obama selects Daschle as health chief November 20, 2008
- DC Examiner: Op-ed Obama Should Use Technology to Bring About Real Change November 20, 2008
- Huffington Post: Rip Empson: Obama's Updated Fireside Chats, Sports Analogies, and Change in Washington November 19, 2008
Press Mentions
- Obama Should Use Technology to Bring About Real Change November 20, 2008
- By the People: Citizen Involvement the Open Source Way November 20, 2008
- Op-ed: Is It Too Much to Ask Congress to Read Bills Before Voting? November 19, 2008
- Early lessons for Dems in fundraising November 19, 2008
- Obama reaches out to the young with first weekly YouTube talk November 17, 2008
Congressional News Watch
- Ethics panel issues inauguration warning November 21, 2008
- Guilty Plea Shines Light on Illicit Gifts November 21, 2008
- Lobbyist-Bashing by Obama Doesn't Dim Industry's Boom Forecast November 20, 2008
- Ex-GOP Aide Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Investigation November 20, 2008
- New Congress members meet big-money donors November 20, 2008
