It’s odd when watchdog groups keep their data to themselves. I can understand why, even nonprofits need to make some money to cover the costs of labor.
Today the Sunlight Foundation and Opensecrets.org that they’re working together to release a . This is tremendous news for open government advocates and researchers of all stripes.
“For the first time in CRP’s 26-year history, the nonprofit research group’s most popular data archives are fully and freely downloadable for non-commercial purposes from the Center’s website, OpenSecrets.org–a four-time Webby winner for best politics site online.”
