From the Hartford Courant:
Mitchell W. Pearlman, former longtime executive director of the state Freedom of Information Commission would be an ideal choice to fill the top staff job at the new Office of Governmental Accountability.
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By Kelley Shannon, Special to the San Angelo Standard-Times:
AUSTIN — Open government advocates celebrated legislative victories this year in large part by blocking "bad bills" that would have reduced Texans' access to basic government information, activists say.
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from Kenneth F. Bunting
Executive Director, NFOIC
Commendably, the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition is marking and celebrating 10 years of existence by committing itself to more good work.
According to a Kennebec Journal column by MFOIC president and NFOIC board member Mal Leary, the organization will complete its endeavor to hold forums to discuss freedom of access in all 16 of the state's counties before the end of the year.
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From the Burlington Free Press:
Judge Helen Toor is considering whether to release secret details about a Medical Practice Board inquiry into allegations that a Vermont doctor engaged in conduct that might have exposed the public to harm, but she acknowledged that state law seems to protect the information from disclosure.
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From Talking Points Memo:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) appointed three Democrats to a 12-member deficit Super Committee Tuesday, giving observers and advocates an early indication of how the committee will function as it seeks over a trillion dollars in further deficit cuts by the end of the year.
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From Talk of the Sound:
Three basic understandings were promoted at the Forum sponsored by Assemblyman George Latimer and the Larchmont-Mamaroneck League of Women Voters on Open Government: freedom of information (FOIL), open meetings and personal privacy laws.
Elizabeth Radow, President of the Larchmont-Mamaroneck League of Women Voters, made introductory remarks challenging the group saying: how can elected officials be up front on all issues. Why can or can't we get access to information we need?
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From Philly.com:
HARRISBURG – A Northeastern Pennsylvania woman wants to restore her dog's reputation. A man wants to ferret out corruption in his borough south of Pittsburgh. What do they have in common?
A recent court case makes it harder for them to look at government records.
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From ReadWriteWeb:
Last month, open government technologists at the non-partisan Sunlight Foundation released three new Roku applications that bring audio and video from the White House, Congress and Supreme Court to television. Roku is an Internet TV appliance.
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On July 28, a dozen organizations wrote to House and Senate leadership urging them to restore the bipartisan Faster FOIA provisions in S. 627, now known as the Budget Control Act of 2011.
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from Burlington Free Press:
MONTPELIER — It's well-established in law that most government records are public, but what about the records of contractors who do government's business? If a private company is housing state prisoners, how much of that company's records are available to state residents?
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