Open Secrets Takes Us One Step Closer To Open Government
from the a-good-step-forward dept
OpenSecrets.org, the website of Center for Responsive Politics has just put over 200 million documents online -- basically the groups' entire archives. Specifically, the data includes info about fundraising, lobbying, personal finance of politicians and information about "advocacy groups" known as 527 organizations. It looks like a treasure trove of information that plenty of politicians and lobbyists probably wish remained hidden behind closed doors.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: data, lobbyists, open secrets, openness, politicians
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Great!
Combined with things like Wikileaks, it makes me feel that the internet may actually be the gateway to all truth all the time, like so many hoped it would.
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I'm very dissapointed about these decisions and very worried about the situation.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090402/1801344362.shtml
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great info
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