our guest is ellen miller of the sunlight foundation. >> ellen miller is directing of sunlight and is the guest this week on "the communicators" to talk about politics money and technology. producer of the communicators is joining in the questioning this week. ms. miller if you could start by telling about the sunlight foundation is and what it does. >> it is a 3-year-old nonprofit non-partisan institution that was designed to create greater transparency for the work of the u.s. government using the technology so the internet and of technologies underlying are at the heart of everything we do and we are interested in transparency particularly data and information about government and using the technology to put it in the head of citizens where it belongs. >> and how do you use the technology and what kind of technology to use? >> we use several pieces. one as the sort of core of our work is making sure that information produced and about the u.s. congress and exit of privilege and the regulatory agencies is available online in a 24/7 fashion the way we expect to find any information t

our guest is ellen miller of the sunlight foundation. >> host: elleen miller is the executive directer of the sunlight foundation, and she's our guest on "the communicators" to talk about politics, money and technology. pead pedro is joining in the questioning this week. if you could start by telling us what the sunlight foundation and what it does. >> guest: sure. well, it's a 3-year-old nonprofit, nonpartisan institution that was designed to create greater transparency for the work of the u.s. government using new technology. so the internet and technologies that understand lie it are at the heart of every single thing that we do, and we're interested in transparency, particularly data and information about government and using the technology to put it into the hands of citizens where it really belongs. >> host: and how do you use that technology, and what kind of technology do you use? >> guest: well, there are several pieces to it. one, sort of the core of our work is making sure that information produced and about the u.s. congress and the executive branch and the regulatory agenc

institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> lobbying, insolence, and -- ellen miller tonight on c-span to. >> this month, but tv weekend tonight, gillian tent. >> this week on q&a, our guest is ellis cose. he has a radio documentary series about people overcoming adversity. >> ellis cose, back on march 14,do you remember writing that? >> i do. it was in the aftermath of the o.j. simpson imbroglio. i think it remains to be true today, even though we have a black or interracial president, even though we have made tremendous strides in just those 14 or 15 years since then. we still have a very different way characteristically of coming to these issues. >> can you give us a couple of examples? >> one current example we have seen, henry louis gates and segeant crowley who arrested him. the initial response was to call the policeman stupid. only one out of five whites liked that reaction. that is just one example of many where there is an issue that impinges on race in this society. we tend to look at it quite differently as a consequence of our different histories and diff

ellen miller of the sunshine foundation on how to use the internet. tonight on c-span2.dollars this month, the booktv weekend's continue all week in prime-time with more books on the economy, current events, and politics. tonight these authors. >> how is c-span funded? >> the u.s. government. >> i do not know. i think the biggest government rates. >> it is not a public thing. >> probably the nation's. >> i would say from my tax dollars. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago cable companies created c-span, a private business initiatives -- no government mandate, no government money. >> of the rand corp. issued a report today on the status of the health care system in massachusetts. under a program established in 2006, it requires all residents to have health insurance. the report looks at the outcomes of the program so far. this is about 40 minutes. >> i like to welcome you here today. the briefing is being recorded as part of our multimedia's series and you can access it on our website. you can also listen to today's discussion by tuning in to congressional weekly series

and tonight, the sun life foundation, co-founder and executive director come ellen miller will discuss how her organization uses the internet to provide transparency in government. >> this month, but tv we can continue all week long in prime- time with more books on the economy, current events and politics. tonight the following -- pennsylvania democrats senator arlen specter and rep joe sestak are running against each other for the u.s. senate. both said done recently at the convention in pittsburgh to talk about bloggers -- to bloggers and why they deserve internet support. this is about one hour. >> people are still coming in. all right, welcome. i write for the nation magazine, joined by suzy, a logger in former reporter. and also our first guest, senator arlen specter. [applause] if you look up right now there is a new poll out from research 2000 that shows that the pennsylvania race is tightening. at the center is leading with 48 points, but rep sestak is coming. many people say that this race is tight. it may or may not be why you're here. that is where we want to begin, with th

monday, ellen miller, co-founder and executive director of the sunshine foundation, on how to use the internet to provide transparency in government. >> this month, c-span2's booktv weakens continuing prime time with more books on the economy and politics. monday night, chris andersen, and senate majority leader harry reid. >> from the right online conference in pittsburgh, conservative blogger is talk about the future of online campaigning. this last about one hour and 10 minutes. we have eric erickson and matt lewis who contribute to politesse daily. i want to make this -- this gives you an opportunity as question. it depends on you. many people as spoken of the last couple of days. we want an answer questions about what we do next. i would start by asking eric and matt to share a couple of their thoughts on how we take the next out. i wanted to begin by looking back where we have come in the past year. i don't know how many of you were in austin, texas last year but i was there and saw a lot of enthusiasm. i met the people who have returned here to pittsburgh from last year's confe

monday, ellen miller, executive director of the sunlight foundation, on how they use the internet to provide transparency in government. of the communicators" at 8:00 p.m. on c-span2. >> book tv weekend continues all week in prime time, with more books on the economy and politics. monday night, senate majority leader harry reid. >> the discussion now and u.s. strategy in afghanistan and pakistan with special represented richard holbrooke. topics include the upcoming presidential election. this is about an hour and a half. >> good morning everyone. i am the president of the center for american progress. thank you for joining us this morning. the center is honored to have ambassador richard holbrooke and his really spectacular team here today who you see in friday. we have more members in the front row. this region of the world is a primary national security concern for the united states, one that was reaffirmed by the president back in march when he made the case for a stronger, smarter, comprehensive commitment. one who is here today. ambassador holbrooke has assembled an impressive

tonight, some light foundation co-founder and executive director ellen miller will discuss however organization uses the internet to provide transparency in government. this month, cspan to's book tv weekend continues all week in prime time. we have more books on the economy, current events, and politics. tonight, quacks out this cspan funded? >> the u.s. government. >> i don't know. some of that i think is government raised. >> it is not public funding. >> probably donations. >> i want to say my tax dollars. >> a cspan father? america pause cable companies created cspan as a public service, a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> we now hear from a group of democratic house members on what it is like behind the scenes in congress. they spoke recently at a conference of bloggers and online activists, hosted by netroots nation. you'll hear from you as representatives alan grayson, patrick murray, and carol shea- porter. from pittsburgh, this session is about one hour, 10 minutes. >> i would like to welcome everyone who was watching at home on c-span and stre

ellen miller. >> how is c-span funded? >> the u.s. government. >> i don't know. i think some of it is government raised. >> it's not public. >> probably donations. >> i want to say from me, my tax dollars to. >> how is c-span funded? america's cable companies created the c-span as a public service. a private business initiative. no government mandate, no government money. >> now a senate hearing on hurricanes. looking at research efforts, preparedness and economic impacts. jay rockefeller of west virginia chairs the commerce and science committee. this runs about two hours. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. welcome to the commerce committee, and on this panel we are joined by a distinguished group of experts. the assistant administrator for oceanic and atmospheric research, doctor richard spinrad leads the office at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. and dr. spinrad will discuss those efforts to improve research for predicting modeling and forecasting hurricanes, and the agency's work with coastal states to assessable rebuild the two

. -- my guest is ellen miller from the sun like foundation. how was it found it? >> there were several large investors and the co-founder is a washington businessman and lawyer who approached me in the founding of sunlight. together, his approach was what do we do to put the tools and a permission in the hands of journalists and citizens so they can understand what is happening in congress? we started exclusively with a focus on cars and we spoke with many journalists and practitioners and some longtime colleagues from new york. we were told there is an ant -- an intersection between technology and political information. we need to understand it and grab hold of it. so we created some light. he was the 1st investor to bring political information and technology together and we have been very experimental since then. carl r. -- our largest funder has given some light eight -- has given some light $8 million and invested heavily in us. -- in the sunlight. we have built a huge database of all government subsidies. information about subsidies we are interested because

on monday ellen miller on how they use the internet to provide transparency in government. >> this fallter the home to america's highest court, from the grand public places to those only accessible by the nine justices. the supreme court, coming the first sunday in october and c- span. -- on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: martin and annelise anderson join us this morning with their book. good morning. guest: hello. host: thank you for being with us so early from california. guest: for many years, 20 years ago and when reagan left, he did a lot of things -- a lot of things he did were really good, especially in nuclear weapons and cold war and on stuff like that, but most people were always puzzled by reagan. how did you do these things? who was working for him, pulling his strings, things like that? we had worked with break in for some time. it has been a puzzle as to exactly what happened. recently, we were able to get the classified documents. once we had them and looked at them we saw what was happening. the book is about a lot of information no one has ever seen befor