Reports and Fact Sheets

Original research, policy briefs, and fact sheets

Report Serving Two Masters The New York State legislature should start fighting corruption by capping outside income, as Congress did decades ago (2015) February 2015 Report Listening to FOIL An examination of the FOIL logs of one state agency tells us what data sets are high-value and should be open data. July 2014 Report Beyond Magic Markers Examining the costs of New York City's outdated FOIL response process, and the savings from Open FOIL systems. June 2014 Report Opening New York State Open Data Legislation needs to be developed collaboratively between the governor and the legislature. April 2014 Report NYS Open Data Roundtable A collection of open data resources, including the NYS Executive Order, the Open Data Handbook, etc (2014) February 2014 Report State Open Campaign System (SOCS) May 28, 2013 presentation of online tools for fairer, cleaner, more transparent New York State election campaigns. Easier Compliance, better oversight. by Reinvent Albany and technologists and election experts at the Open Campaign Working Group May 2013 Report A New Transparency Using the Explosion in Information Technology to open New York State Government to the public (2012) September 2012 Report Executive Orders Immediate Actions the Governor can take to make New York government more democratic, open and accountable (2010) March 2011 Report NYC Open Data Law Considered the best open data law in the world, we urge the NYC Council and new administration to fully fund and support it (2013) February 2011