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New Mexico ordered to pay legal fees to union in open records case

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A Santa Fe district judge’s ruling on Wednesday afternoon awarded an education group additional money in a lawsuit against the state’s Public Education Department.

The ruling comes after First Judicial District Judge Sarah Singleton awarded damages to National Education Association New Mexico (NEA-NM) after the group accused PED of violating the Inspection of Public Records Act, or IPRA. Continue…

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Minneapolis VA fighting release of names tied to brain injury exams

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In the wake of disclosures that unqualified doctors performed hundreds of brain injury exams at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Department of Veterans Affairs is now refusing to release the names of doctors who performed initial traumatic brain injury (TBI) exams at other VA facilities across the country.

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Oakland County officials push DIA for more transparency

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Oakland County officials are pushing for the Detroit Institute of Arts to open its meetings to the public and publish its proposed budget as long as the museum accepts taxpayer money.

A committee of Oakland County commissioners met Wednesday with DIA chair Gene Gargaro to make the demands at a time when the museum has come under fire for pushing a compensation package for its top executives totaling more than $600,000. Continue…

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EDITORIAL: Montana lawmakers need to strengthen sunshine laws

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Montana’s continued secrecy with information that should be released to the public is now threatening not only its citizens’ right to know, but also federal money intended to protect children.

As we’ve written in the past, many of the organizations that evaluate government transparency consistently rank Montana among the worst states in the nation. Continue…

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University of Texas system moves toward transparency

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With a new president in Gregory Fenves and a fairly new chancellor in William McRaven, UT’s leadership has gotten a chance to rebrand itself following years of acrimonious disputes between former President Bill Powers and the Board of Regents.

By keeping its decision-making processes as transparent as possible, their terms have gotten off to a good start. Continue…

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Illinois county implements online FOIA system

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An Illinois county has launched a new online system for Freedom of Information of Act requests.

People can now log on to the St. Clair County's FOIAXpress system — a system used by more than 200 government agencies and offices — to submit requests, then track their progress through the online portal. Continue…

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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker says he’s not pursuing open records changes despite bill request

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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday that lawmakers will not be pursuing changes to the state's open records law this session, despite a request from his office to have a bill drafted setting different standards for the Legislature.

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