SUNLIGHT: Insanely Useful Web Sites

[L. Coyote]

Insanely Useful Web Sites
http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/resources

The following sites and resources are “insanely useful Web sites” for government transparency. They provide a broad range of information available to track government and legislative information, campaign contributions and the role of money in politics.

Many of these resources apply the Web 2.0 ethos to sift, share and combine this information in innovative ways – often times by mashing data together from disparate sources to maximize the usability of that information.

This is not a complete list of government data-related Web sites.

* Congresspedia
* Contractor Misconduct
* DOJ TrainingDB
* Earmark Watch
* FedSpending
* Follow the Money
* Govtrack
* Government Documents
* Legistorm
* LOUIS
* MapLight
* Metavid
* OpenCongress
* OpenCRS
* Open Hearings
* Open Secrets
* OS: Lobbyists
* OS: Revolving Door
* OS: Personal Financial Disclosure
* OS: Travel
* Project Vote Smart
* Taxpayers for Common Sense
* TRAC
* WashingtonWatch

[babylonsister]

1. Bookmarked, and thank you!

:hi:

[L. Coyote]

2. I like Open Secrets. When I saw the 600K taser buy by Forest Service, I knew

they must have dumped a dumptruck of Cold Cash on the Republicans, so sure I posted it first, then looked it up on Open Secrets: $25,000!!

What with tasers being called torture by human rights organizations, I guess they needed a stock price boost again!!

[stillcool]

3. nice...

that ought to cut down on wading through bullshit. thanks.

[gateley]

4. K&R -- Thanks!! nt

[gateley]

5. K&R -- Thanks!! nt

[flashl]

6. Thanks

[unhappycamper]

7. Thanks.

k&r

[liberalla]

8. Bookmark this thread!

Very useful info - Thanks for the tip!

[Greyskye]

9. Finally checked this out

Excellent resource! Thanks!!!

:kick: & R

[Martin Eden]

10. Thanks! n/t

[Squatch]

11. I use thomas.loc.gov quite frequently.

[L. Coyote]

12. Thanks. Bookmarked.