Sunlight Foundation

Making Government Transparent and Accountable

The Sunlight Foundation uses cutting-edge technology and ideas to make government transparent and accountable. Underlying all of our efforts is a fundamental belief that increased transparency will improve the public's confidence in government

• Declaring a Read the Bill Victory

  By Jake Brewer on 12/01/09 @ 4:14 pm | 2 Comments

  In April of this year, I had a conversation with an old friend in Tennessee trying to describe the mission of the Sunlight Foundation and what I do here.

  I told him we’re using “cutting-edge technology and ideas in policy and organizing to make government transparent and accountable to the public.” When he asked for an example of a “cutting-edge idea,” I laughed and said, “you know, one of the first things we’re going to be tackling this summer is an idea that really should never be considered ‘cutting-edge’ at all.”

  I continued “We want legislation to be online and available to anyone for at least 72 hours before its debated by Congress, so that the public and Congressmen alike have time to actually read the bill and weigh in on it before they make decisions about it.”
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