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A recurrent theme here on Techdirt is the persistent lack of transparency during the drafting of new laws or the negotiation of new treaties. Most governments, it seems, retain the view that they know best, that the electorate shouldn't worry about all...

This blog post is a summary of a $68,385.50 grant from Omidyar Network to the National Democratic Institute to support the convening of global parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) in Washington DC from April 30 to May 2 to share learnings, tactics...

Sunlight is thrilled to mark Global Legislative Openness Week with our global legislative transparency campaign, which culminated earlier this week in a joint letter from the world’s parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) sent to national legislatures...

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) in collaboration with the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has organised an international conference for Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations (PMOs) in Africa from 23rdto 24th...

Open Legislative Data in Paris: A Conference of the Third Kind with Hacktivists and Academics is perhaps not the most grippingly named conference I’ve ever attended. It’s living proof, however, that you shouldn’t judge a book by its...