[open-government] Announcing Sunlight`s international lobbying disclosure guidelines

Wed Jan 15 18:18:10 UTC 2014

Hey all,

This is just a heads-up that we have extended the deadline for leaving
comments on our lobbying
guides<http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/lobbying/guidelines/>
 to February 1. We also encourage everyone to take a look at the
report<http://www.access-info.org/es/lobbying-transparency/526-lobbying-report>
 from Access Info and let Vicky <vicky at access-info.org> or
Helen<helen at access-info.org>
 know if you have any comments. We are working on merging these two
documents into one single guide.

Best,
Julia

On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Julia Keserű <
jkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com> wrote:

> Dear all (sorry for cross-posting)
>
> We are very excited to announce the release of our draft lobbying
> disclosure guidelines and invite the community to provide input on these
> recommendations.
>
>
> Based in part on Sunlight`s experiences working to make lobbying more
> transparent in the US, the guide is organized into four parts: first, a
> section on definitions of key terms and the basic principles to make a
> lobbyist registry more robust; second, guidance on the minimum information
> that should be disclosed; third, a section on how this information should
> be collected and in what formats it should be published; and finally, some
> basic recommendations on enforcement and oversight.
>
> The guide is intended as a conversation starter. We are very curious to
> hear your thoughts, especially on the definitions and the international
> examples we’ve collected.
>
> You can read more about the guides in this intro post:
> http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/12/03/announcing-sunlights-international-lobbying-guidelines/
>
> Or go directly to the document and leave your comments before January 6th
> 2014: http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/lobbying/guidelines/
>
> We look forward to hearing from and working with many more of you in the
> coming weeks and months. In the meantime, we encourage you to join the lobbying
> working group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lobbying-transparency>created by Sunlight and the Open Knowledge Foundation.
>
> Best,
> Julia Keseru
>
> --
> Júlia Keserű
> International Program Coordinator
>
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> Washington, DC 20036
> (1) 202-742-1520 *280
>
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-- 
Júlia Keserű
International Program Coordinator

1818 N Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
(1) 202-742-1520 *280

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