California’s new OpenJustice initiative illuminates criminal justice data

Transparency. Greater trust. A policy development process that’s rooted in clear, public-facing evidence.

These are some of the goals that governments hope to achieve through the implementation of an open data program. These same goals — achieving greater community trust and developing better evidence-based policy — are often strongly desired by agencies which are part of the criminal justice system as well.

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Sunlight Foundation: California shines a light on political dark money

California has brought us a series of great pieces of transparency news over the past month. 

However, the implementation of the campaign finance reforms enacted through the passage of 2014’s SB 27 have really helped us feel the sunlight. Continue….

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