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.

A nonprofit watchdog organization won its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the General Services Administration on Thursday and has released 13 years of federal contract data on its website.

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 ...

The stories contained in the U.S. Department of Justice report on Baltimore’s police department gave the accusations of routine civil rights violations a human face. But an open-government org points ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 Sunlight Foundation has launched a campaign to pressure all levels of government in the U.S. to put more information online. The foundation, a nonpartisan advocate for open government 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 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 ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Sunlight Foundation has hosted 5 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2007 News Conference. The year with the most events was 2011 with two events. Most ...