Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Open Source Tools for Government Data

Sunlight Foundation, an non-profit organization to use the Internet to catalyze more government openness and transparency, provides tools and resources for people to improve access to government information.  Major tools include Scout for tracking legislation and public policies, ClearSpending to access agencies' spending data, Open States for state's legislative bills (www.openstates.org), House Expenditure Database, and more.

All can be accessible through http://sunlightfoundation.com/projects