Opengovfoundation.org

Many Americans may be surprised to learn their laws are attached to a price tag and slid beneath a copyrighted paywall. For years state governments have partnered with publishers to update and sift through their jumble of constantly changing legal codes...

 OpenGov Foundation’s Seamus Kraft recipient of 2016 James Madison Award …(ALA) President Sari Feldman presented OpenGov Foundation Executive Director and Co-founder Seamus Kraft with the 2016 James Madison Award today during the 18th annual Freedom...

By Katitza Rodriguez Today, a group of over 400 organizations and experts, along with 350,000 individuals, continue to rally in support of the 13 International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance (the Necessary...

In 1990, Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates told a Senate committee that people who smoked pot occasionally “ought to be taken out and shot.” That kind of fanaticism, which dominated the debate on drugs 20 years ago, seems to have faded. Today’s politicians...

HISTORY AS DATA: You might recall reading about the "Declassification Engine" in Wired back in 2013. Well, a new Freedom of Information Act archive went live over the weekend. Actor Sam Waterston explains the project in the video below. THIS ISN'T RUSSIA...