The bill comes amidst reporting that senior D.C. government officials use WhatsApp to conduct official business, hampering open-records requests by the press and public.

The Sunlight Foundation has broken down exactly where the candidates in the April 23 D.C. Council At-Large Special Election have gotten their money.

How open are D.C. government agencies? By and large, they could do better.

Brewing of the DCist Honey Ale will commence tomorrow at Smith Commons at 1245 H Street. And unlike the White House, we’re not keeping any secrets. Our beer will be made with complete transparency.

At the Newseum yesterday, Mitt Romney held a meeting with high-level corporate executives that was closed to the press. Isn’t the Newseum supposed to be about openness and transparency?

Yeah, it’s real transparent to send out a copy of an audit at 4:42 p.m. on a Friday before a long weekend.

It’s easy to forget that there are a whole lot of people who are still getting Twitter. Take, for example, Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander, who assumed that the new @MayorGray account — an obvious satire feed to those who use Twitter all the time — was actually being produced by Vince Gray.

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier was certainly on the offensive during a sit-down interview with TBD’s Bruce DePuyt on Tuesday, vigorously defending her department’s handling of crime statistics.

They say ignorance is bliss and perhaps visiting D.C. Department of Health’s new foray into transparency isn’t for the faint of heart. For the adventuresome souls among us, D.C. health officials have put health inspections notices from the past three years online. “This website was developed so you may learn more about the food establishments from the perspective of safe food handling, or food safety,” says a statement on the site. You can browse through…