Sunlight Foundation Web 2 Expo Presentation

Hello I’m Clay JohnsonI direct Sunlight Labs

1.The Landscape

2.The Problems

3.How you Can Help

“transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of

this presidency.”

“it's time for open government, transparency, and it's a time for results.”

“The Internet is an incredible vehicle for transparency, honest leadership and open government.”

“Ethics and transparency are not election year buzz words; they are the obligations of democracy and the duties of honorable public service”

Keep the Majority

Take Back the Majority

Holy Crap!

HOORAY!

1. Transparency Makes Healthier Government

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2. Transparency Opens Markets

3. Transparency Saves Lives

Children's Hooded Sweatshirts with Drawstrings Recalled by Dysfunctional Clothing Due to

Strangulation Hazard

The Problem

The amount field is in COBOL format and may contain a special character (see table

below) if the amount is negative. To convert these to standard negative integers you will need to replace the right most character with its associated integer and then multiple the number by negative 1. For example, if the

amount it 20] replace the ] with 0 and to get 200. Then multiple by negative 1. The correct

amount is –200.

From FEC.gov:

We Open

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We NeedYourHelp

Coding > Consensus

We don’t have much time.

Issue Movement

1. Be an Organizer

1. Make Sure People Know Each Other’s Names.

2. Move them into the Physical Space

3. Make Specific Requests, but check your ego.

Convene a Hackathon in Your Area

photo: grrrr.org

2. Parse A State

More Local = More Listening

More Local = Less Technology

3. Redesign an Agency

4. Visualize Data

Visualizations Tell Stories

5. +1 Our Community

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