one of the things you learn in the news business is that, whenever the government doesn't really want us to know something, but they're required to make the information 'publicly available', they announce it on a friday.
then they flat-out lie about it.
the sunlight foundation brings all of the information hidden in the dark into the light, connects the dots, and... well, read their mission statement yourself:
"The Sunlight Foundation is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses the tools of civic tech, open data, policy analysis, and journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all. Our vision is for modern technology to enable more complete, equitable and effective democratic participation. Our overarching goal is to achieve changes in the law to require real-time, online transparency for government information."
