transparency

Published on: March 27, 2017

Is the Trump/Kushner “White House Office of American Innovation” the 21st Century’s Bush/Quayle “White House Council on Competitiveness?”

By Laura Orr

Remember the 1989-1992 George HW Bush and Dan Quayle “White House Council on Competitiveness”?

It does not have a website (or even a Wikipedia page – do not confuse other competitiveness councils with the GHW Bush, D Quayle White House Council on Competitiveness, which was dissolved in 1993. (White House webpages, and all others, were in short supply back then, in fact virtually non-existent.)

It also should not be confused with the former White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs inside the Office of Management and Budget.

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Published on: March 21, 2013

Legislative Data Transparency Report Card

By Holly

As part of their Open States project, the Sunlight Foundation recently released their Open Legislative Data Report Card. They rated each state legislature’s website on the following criteria: completeness; timeliness; ease of access; machine readability; standards; permanence. You can read more details about the criteria behind the ratings at their blog. The Report Card also offers details on some of the ratings for each state (for example, why Missouri scored highly on permanence). The final tally of grades was:

A: 8 states
B: 11 states

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Published on: October 19, 2012

If you think “Open Data” and “Government Transparency” are Easy, Free, Authentic, Accurate …

By Laura Orr

State Regulations Online

Guidelines for Open Data Policies (and more from the Sunlight Foundation and Open Congress)

Everyone likes open data, government transparency, consumer protections, and life online, but do you ever think about what it costs to make these happen?

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