Here is a look at what happened recently on the Sunlight network.
- Paul Blumenthal began the day with several transparency headlines including questioning how public is public data, Chamber of Commerce organizing lobbying for a South Korea trade deal, and more. (Sunlight Foundation Blog)
- Zubedah Nanfuka included the round-up of transparency bloggers, this time focusing on transparency efforts in California, Illinois, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Michigan. (Sunlight Foundation Blog)
- Lindsay Young detailed the American lobbying history of Libya and Algeria, two countries experiencing protests against dictatorial rulers. (Sunlight Foundation Blog)
- Nancy Watzman reported on who has been meeting with Elizabeth Warren, leader of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, noting that she has had more meetings with individuals outside the goverment in December than any other Treasury official working on implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial law. (Sunlight Reporting Group)
- Take a look at the previous day’s transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency related events. (The Open House Project)