Continuing my ongoing series of conversations about the increasing availability of Government data, I recently spoke with David James of Sunlight Labs.

Sunlight Labs is part of the non-partisan Sunlight Foundation in Washington, DC, and undertakes a range of projects to shine a light on the dealings of the US Federal Government.

We discuss some of the Labs’ current projects, including their new National Data Catalog, and consider ways in which this and the Federal Government’s Data.gov portal increase the availability and utility of Government data.

Like other conversations in the series, production of this podcast was supported by Talis. Show notes for the conversation are available on Talis’ Nodalities blog.

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