Search Tags:  Sunlight Foundation

Open data order, policy ushers in new norm

President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order and OMB released a new policy requiring agencies to make data machine-readable and use open standards. Agencies must develop an inventory of information and make it publicly available. Good government groups praised the changes but had some concerns around the administration's decision to apply the policy only to structured data.

Tags: technology , open data , Steve VanRoekel , OMB , Patrice McDermott , OpenTheGovernment.org , Digital Government Strategy , John Wonderlich , Kevin Richards , TechAmerica , Jason Miller

1

Congress repeals STOCK Act reporting requirements for senior execs

Congress approved a bill Friday to eliminate expanded financial-disclosure reporting requirements for Senior Executive Service members, just days before the new requirements were to go into effect. Both the House and Senate approved the measure by unanimous consent. The expanded reporting requirements were set to go into effect Monday.

Tags: financial disclosure , SES , SEA , STOCK Act , Congress , House , Senate , Jack Moore , workforce , management

7

Federal Drive Interviews -- Feb. 4, 2013

Terry Weaver, president of Weaver Consulting, discusses an overhauled version of Section 508 regulations. Jamison Cush, chief editor of TechTarget's Technology Guide, talks about the new BlackBerry Z-10. Tom Lee, director of Sunlight Labs, explains what's behind "Docket Wrench," a new tool to make it easier to track actions related to proposed rules.

Tags: Terry Weaver , Weaver Consulting , Section 508 , Access Board , Jamison Cush , Tech Target , BlackBerry , Tom Lee , Sunlight Labs , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive

Comment

Federal Drive interviews -- July 23

Rob Strayer of the Bipartisan Policy Center discusses the compromise cybersecurity bill. Daniel Schuman talks about the Congressional Research Service. Dick Gregg fills us in on the Treasury's annual fiscal report.

Tags: John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , Rob Strayer , Bipartisan Policy Center , Daniel Schuman , Dick Gregg , Treasury Department , Helena Bottemiller , USDA , cybersecurity

Comment

Open government advocates seek greater access to congressional data

Sunlight Foundation Policy Counsel Daniel Schuman is leading the campaign to improve the Library of Congress website that reports congressional data.

Tags: Daniel Schuman , Library of Congress , Congress , open government , data scraping , Federal Drive , data management , technology , Michael OConnell

Comment

Sunlight reviews open government directive

John Wonderlich of the Sunlight Foundation talks about his organization's review of the Open Government Directive. How well have agencies complied with mandate?

Tags: John Wonderich , open government , HHS , NASA , Department of Transportation , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell , government 2.0

Comment

Debt-reduction 'supercommittee' hid in plain sight

Tags: supercommittee , budget , Michael Stern , Congress

Comment

OMB, non-profits urge Senate to keep E-Gov whole

Statement of Administration Policy and letter to Senate recommends keeping the E-Government Fund separate from the Federal Citizen Services Fund. The Sunlight Foundation and OMBWatch also want lawmakers to fully fund the E-Government Fund.

Tags: technology , budget , OMB , E-Government Fund , OMBWatch , Senate Appropriations Committee , openness , transparency , Jason Miller

Comment

Sunlight Labs debuts 'Design for America' contest

Director Clay Johnson explains what's required to win.

Tags: technology , Web 2.0 , government 2.0 , Clay Johnson , Sunlight Labs ,

Comment

Sunlight Foundation wants to take open government to the next level

The Sunlight Foundation wants to take the Open Government Directive to the next level with more citizen and agency involvement.

Tags: technology , management , open government , Jake Brewer , transparency , openness , Dorothy Ramienski

Comment