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Innovation Lead Will Help New Jersey Modernize Process, Support the Tech Economy

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New Jersey’s inaugural chief innovation officer, a longtime champion of transparency in information, said she’ll continue to rely closely on open data and input from her colleagues at the Office of Information Technology (NJOIT), residents and other resources as she begins her new position. Beth Simone Noveck, director of the White House Open Government Initiative from 2009 […]

Michigan city and township officials respond to FOIA from ‘Emily’

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City and township officials in Mason County and across the state were rocked last week by a mysterious Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all copies of all Election Day ballots and personal absentee voter information from the 2016 presidential election. The request came from an organization called United Impact Group with a listed […]

Open government group sues CalPERS over data on pension types

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An open government group is suing the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, saying it has failed to disclose records that should be public about benefit recipients. The Nevada Policy Research Institute, which operates the website Transparent California, filed suit Friday in California Superior Court, accusing the pension system of violating state law by withholding information about […]

Seattle’s secret meetings are creating more suspicion than progress

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I see the folks down at City Hall are again in the news for meeting in secret. The latest is when the City Council, at the behest of Mayor Jenny Durkan, suddenly realized that their unanimously passed head tax was in fact pretty much unanimously loathed. So rather than convene to consider what to do […]

The News & Observer: The Freedom of Information Act isn’t just for journalists. Here’s how you can use it too.

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If you follow The News & Observer’s investigative stories, you’ve probably seen this phrase: “a Freedom of Information Act request” or “obtained through a public records request.” Those requests are made through what’s known as FOIA — journalists pronounce it “FOY-ah” — and refer to laws that govern public information. While news reporters are some of the most […]

BYU says it doesn’t have to release police interview with MTC leader accused of assault,

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Brigham Young University filed three separate lawsuits Tuesday challenging a ruling by the State Records Committee that an interview between a BYU police officer and a former leader of the Missionary Training Center accused of sexual assaulting a woman in the 1980s should be made public. Lawyers for the private Provo university, which is owned by The […]

A bastion of student data privacy, Colorado yields a bit to demands for more openness

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Colorado education officials are reconsidering the data privacy rules that for three years in a row have hidden large amounts of student achievement data from public view. With Thursday’s release of state test results, the public has greater ability to see how well certain groups of students perform on state tests compared with their peers than they’ve […]

Governors Association Works with Eight States to Improve Health Data Sharing

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Eight states are in the early stages of a collaboration with the National Governors Association that could enhance their ability to use and share health-care data enterprise-wide, ultimately improving operations and services to residents. On June 13, NGA, which works with governors on public policy and governance issues, announced a health policy partnership around data best practices […]

Mill Creek (WA) manager seeks $1 million in damages from city

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“The City Attorney (Scott Missall) and Mayor Pro Tem (Brian Holtzclaw) told Mrs. Polizzotto that the council asked them to convey to Mrs. Polizzotto that it was unanimous in its position that it did not want Mrs. Polizzotto to leave city employment, and further conveyed that she had the support of the entire council.” By […]

Secretaries of State Blast Election Hacking Exercise

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The National Association of Secretaries of State criticized a series of voting machine hacking events Thursday at DEFCON 26 in Las Vegas for being “unrealistic.” DEFCON’s Voting Machine Hacking Village invited participants to test more than 30 such electronic devices—most of which organizers said remain in use in some U.S. states—and defend or hack a mock board […]

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Innovation Lead Will Help New Jersey Modernize Process, Support the Tech Economy

Michigan city and township officials respond to FOIA from ‘Emily’

Open government group sues CalPERS over data on pension types

Seattle’s secret meetings are creating more suspicion than progress

The News & Observer: The Freedom of Information Act isn’t just for journalists. Here’s how you can use it too.

BYU says it doesn’t have to release police interview with MTC leader accused of assault,

A bastion of student data privacy, Colorado yields a bit to demands for more openness

Governors Association Works with Eight States to Improve Health Data Sharing

Mill Creek (WA) manager seeks $1 million in damages from city

Secretaries of State Blast Election Hacking Exercise