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Morning Eye Candy: Adonis

The Amur Adonis spotting the grounds along the Ladies’ Border are a shock of sunlit color. [...]

Sunlight Weekly Roundup: "Ignorance of the law is not a defense"

After footage of a tense city council meeting  in West Branch, Iowa  was posted on YouTube, City Administrator Matt Mucker suggested a rule that would have required the public to secure mayoral permission to record meetings. This measure would… [...]

Tools for Transparency: Google Reader is Still Relevant, Part III

In continuing with the “Google Reader is Still Relevant” meme (read Parts I and II here) I wanted to make a quick note on how I’m seeing extended value in Google Reader after integrating it with IFTTT.  Google Reader has morphed from a somewhat usefu… [...]

From the Field: Bill Buck in Cape Horn, Day 4

On Isla Gordon, Bill finds mosses in unusual places. [...]

Clicks and Whirrs in the Conservatory this Weekend

Caribbean weekends continue with photography workshops, salsa dancing, and entertainment for the kids. [...]

Sunlight on #superPACs: Colbert edition

In case you missed it, last night some-time South Carolina Presidential candidate and super PAC founder Stephen Colbert gave a great rundown of the new campaign finance landscape in our elections. Colbert and his team of very sharp writers have smartl… [...]

Growing a Stone

For all they’ve done to make themselves inconspicuous, the colors and patterns of the strange lithops always stand out. [...]

Our Omidyar Network Partners

Sunlight couldn’t be in better company in the following video shot by the Omidyar Network, a significant funder of our work. The interviews done at a recent event in Menlo Park, California includes leaders from the Wikimedia Foundation, BRAC, the Afri… [...]

Morning Eye Candy: Odd Outings

We’re thinking of posting “GO OUTSIDE” notices on all the office doors. [...]

Benchmarks for Measuring Success for Legislative Data Transparency

The following are my notes for remarks I delivered at the House Legislative Data and Transparency Conference on February 2, 2012. They’ve been updated to include hyperlinks, but were delivered largely as written. The official page for the conference … [...]