Everyone Counts, a San Diego company that provides online voting technology, has been selected by the Colorado Secretary of State to implement a new ballot delivery system to serve military personnel and other overseas voters.
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From Project on Government Oversight
POGO recently learned about two agencies that are promoting an open government agenda that will help the public learn more about contractors and government officials.
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This is news: Halliburton is being praised — yes, praised! — by political watchdog groups. The Houston-based multinational corporation, which has been blasted for a decade by liberals and good government groups for its close ties to the White House and the Pentagon, is now being held up as a model of openness.
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From Daily Bulletin
Ten local school districts have been asked to provide copies of complaints of teacher misconduct and records of any actions taken as a result of such conduct.
The Public Records Act requests, sent last week by The Sun and the Daily Bulletin, follow queries sent last month to 19 school districts seeking the number of complaints of teacher misconduct in the last five years.
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Redding intends to keep under wraps a pair of investigative reports on mismanagement and hostile workplace allegations in the electric utility's customer service department.
On Monday, a Los Angeles law firm representing the city denied the Record Searchlight's request for the reports dating to 2008, saying they are exempt from public disclosure because they are part of personnel records.
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From Nashville Ledger
Tennessee Education Association lobbyist Jerry Winters says he favors a proposal to close public access to teacher evaluation data because of the lack of confidence many educators have in the new evaluation system.
The measure is headed for a full Senate vote. Sponsors say access to the data should be limited to school officials and not available to the general public.
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From Tennessee Secretary of State
The 2011-2012 Tennessee Blue Book, considered the manual of state government and state history, is now available online.
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From Boston Magazine
Hot on the heels of “Sunshine Week,” when MassPIRG celebrated the Patrick Administration’s commitment to transparency, we thought we’d collect some best practices in transparency we’ve learned over the years from the Administration.
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Read More… from The Patrick Administration’s Guide to the Public Records Law
From Sunshine Review
Literally, New Jersey just got 600 more websites transparent. A law passed this last January is requiring 600 local entities, such as water utilities, port authorities and county park commissions, to provide budgets, audit reports, meeting dates, contacts and other information on the Internet.
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From Facebook
When I tried to fight my way into a closed-door Kentucky budget negotiation in 2006, the windows on the doors were covered with newspaper. I was physically restrained by a cop (or security guard) for looking through a gap in the newspaper. I’m glad my Bluegrass Institute colleagues are keeping the heat up.
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