Across the country, state officials, power companies and environmental advocates are participating in closed-door meetings to discuss the future of the Clean Power Plan.
[…]
Read More… from CLEAN POWER PLAN: Carbon planning under legal stay moves behind closed doors
A legislative effort to open some law-enforcement personnel records up to public scrutiny died a quiet death in the Capitol last week.
[…]
Read More… from California Effort to Increase Police Transparency Dies in State Capitol
The Senate has rejected an attempt by House lawmakers to substitute revisions to the state Freedom of Information Act in a bill passed by the Senate to regulate the release of police dash cam video.
The House made the swap after a senator halted progress of the FOIA bill in the Senate. Lawmakers are scheduled to adjourn for the year on Thursday. Continue…
[…]
Read More… from South Carolina Senate rejects House swap of dash cam bill with FOIA reforms
In a step toward compliance with state law, and the latest in a series of steps to generate transparency in local government, the Jackson City Council posted its agenda packet for next week's meeting online: a first for the Jackson municipal government. Those documents are the back-up materials that council members get for discussions during meetings.
[…]
Read More… from More City Transparency: Council Posts Agenda Packets Online, Finally (Mississippi)
If there were to be a copyright on public records in this state what would it else would it be other than "the people of the State of California?"
After all, the people already pay for and own the records. But among the anti-transparency bills playing out in Sacramento this spring is one that would give local agencies copyright of the records they create. Continue…
[…]
Read More… from Thomas Peele: Must stop bill to copyright public records (California)
This section contains FOIA reports submitted since Fiscal Year (FY) 1997, in accordance with the provisions of the Electronic FOIA Amendments of 1996. These reports contain basic information, including:
[…]
It started out simply: Quartz's David Yanofsky was reporting a story about the number of Brazilians who visit Disney World each year. He needed data about who was entering the United States, and when, where, and why. When he found the information he was looking for, he got some bad news: he'd have to buy it.
[…]
Read More… from What it’s like to sue the government for data
Ohioans who want to check out their school district or city won't learn much from a fraud-complaint database maintained by Auditor Dave Yost.
Since lawmakers mandated the list — and limited, specified information — be placed online in 2012, the auditor's office has received nearly 2,500 complaints. Continue…
—————————
[…]
Read More… from Ohio: Complaints of government fraud often kept confidential
Newsletter of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, a nonpartisan alliance of journalists, civic organizations and engaged citizens dedicated to ensuring the transparency of state and local governments in Colorado by promoting freedom of the press, open courts and open access to government records and meetings. Continue…
—————————
[…]
Officials attempting to open federal financial data are encountering obstacles after a pilot program was delayed and Congress and data advocates made allegations of mismanagement.
[…]
