Government Surveillance and Transparency
Panelists talked about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance practices and enhancing transparency. Topics included public awareness, the role of Congress in declassifying informa…
2,357 viewsPanelists talked about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance practices and enhancing transparency. Topics included public awareness, the role of Congress in declassifying informa…
2,357 viewsPanelists talked about the President Obama’s standing in terms of being open and his adherence to his pledge to have the most open government in American history. They give his administratio…
678 viewsPanelists discussed the openness and transparency of the political process in the 112th Congress. They focused on efforts to build more open and transparent means to find and analyze online …
314 viewsPanelists talked about the influence of “Super PACS” on the 2012 elections and beyond. Per the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, independent expe…
522 viewsPanelists talked about protecting government whistleblowers and striking the balance between reporting wrongdoing and the government’s need for confidentiality. Whistleblowers is a term used…
462 viewsThe Sunlight Foundation held a discussion on the state and future of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), a nonpartisan government agency located within the Library of Congress that pr…
776 viewsParticipants talked about federal lobbying rules and regulations. The panel included advocates for greater disclosure and stricter reporting by lobbyists. It also included speakers who say t…
383 viewsThe Sunlight Foundation announced recommendations from its Open House Project to increase the transparency of the U.S. House of Representatives and make its operations more available to citi…
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