California has brought us a series of great pieces of transparency news over the past month.
However, the implementation of the campaign finance reforms enacted through the passage of 2014’s SB 27 have really helped us feel the sunlight. Continue….
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The state’s highest court is considering whether criminal defendants should be able to see the disciplinary records of law enforcement officers who arrested them.
The South Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in Vermillion in a case involving Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office personnel records. Continue…
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Its reputation may have been battered by scandal, convictions and periodic crisis, but the New York State Senate has one thing going for it over Albany’s often similarly beleaguered State Assembly: a new website.
The “fresh and interactive” design of the site (nysenate.gov) is an attempt to make the website more accessible not only for constituents but also for the senators. Continue…
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More data may be coming to Miami-Dade County residents.
The county commission is considering a resolution that would try to make county numbers and information more accessible to the public, a resolution based on open-data guidelines from the Sunlight Foundation. Continue…
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Almost every school district and charter in Idaho is out of compliance with state laws created to promote transparency in spending, contracts and long-term strategic planning, according to a new study.
Only 14 of 164 districts and charters are in complete compliance, while at least 18 have posted nothing on their websites. Continue…
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Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin are calling for a constitutional amendment to protect the state’s open records and meetings laws from future tinkering.
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The University of Notre Dame relied heavily on its argument of legislative acquiescence and again maintained its campus police department is not a public agency in its legal fight with ESPN before the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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Legislation is coming to rework Virginia's Freedom of Information Act in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision that seems to allow government officials to withhold more records from the public.
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Local governments around Minnesota are slimming email archives by setting strict limits on how long employees can keep messages.
Officials contend it’s about efficiently managing data received or sent by thousands of workers. But government watchdogs say it’s coming at the expense of transparency. Continue…
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For the second time in three months, the Center for Public Integrity has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for refusing to release documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
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