The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has launched an open-data portal that includes data ranging from roadway pavement conditions to rail-facility locations.
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Mayor de Blasio emerged from hiding Thursday — after ducking reporters for more than a week — to defend his much-maligned decision to withhold communications with five confidants outside the government.
De Blasio used the word “appropriate” at least 10 times during a Washington Heights press conference to explain why his administration decided to exempt communications with the confidants from routine public disclosure. Continue…
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Some people not prone to hyperbole are praising the General Assembly’s unanimous — and long-needed — passage of a bill leveling the public-records playing field between government and citizens.
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Backers of a measure to open the executive branch and Legislature to greater public disclosure had to be heartened by its unanimous approval last week by a House committee.
But whether the 10-bill package to extend Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act to the governor’s office and Lansing legislators has a shot at becoming law this year seems less than a sure bet. Continue…
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U.S. Justice Department officials have made 86 different requests seeking mountains of information from City Hall regarding their investigation into whether Chicago Police officers might be engaging in practices that violate the Constitution or federal law, according to documents obtained by NBC5 and shared with the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police members underwent open government training Tuesday.
The Valdosta Daily Times Editor Jim Zachary, in coordination with Valdosta Police Chief Brian Childress, led the class on the Georgia's open government legislation.
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The University of Kentucky violated state law when it denied a request for details of meetings held by a committee that decides doctors’ salaries, the Kentucky attorney general’s office has ruled.
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Although Congress is still struggling with open data, it remains far ahead of state and local legislatures when it comes to releasing data in machine readable and downloadable formats, according to a panel of experts and Congressional staffers.
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The Open Kansas Initiative is launching a contest to highlight the importance of transparency in state and local government. The Open Kansas Challenge is a crowd-sourced contest for citizens of Kansas to share their ideas about the importance of government transparency, joining a crucial state and national conversation.
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