From iWatchNews:
Iowa’s only F grade on the State Integrity Investigation was in the category of public access to information, partly due to a lack of strong enforcement measures.
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From KSDK.com:
Attorney General Chris Koster says he will give documents regarding proposals made on upgrading the Edward Jones Dome to requesting parties.
Koster says he sent a letter Monday notifying representatives of the St. Louis Rams and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Bureau that the state will comply with the open records request.
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From TheIndependent.com:
The University of Nebraska Foundation spent more than $80,000 last year on 21 flights aboard its private aircraft, opting to use the twin-turboprop Beechcraft King Air instead of taking often less expensive commercial flights, according to flight records obtained by The Associated Press.
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From WBAL.com:
An environmental group says emails they obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show a close relationship between Maryland Gov. O'Malley and an attorney for Perdue Farms Inc.
The group, Washington-based Food & Water Watch, obtained 70 pages of emails between O'Malley and Herbert Frerichs Jr., general counsel for Perdue Business Services.
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From Chicago Tribune:
The Oswego School Board has filed an Illinois Open Meetings Act complaint against itself.
Kendall County State's Attorney Eric Weiss says a representative from the board filed a request for review of a possible violation of the act late last week.
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From Laramie Boomerang:
Changes by the state Legislature on public meetings and decision-making outside of public meetings won’t dramatically change how the Laramie City Council operates, City Attorney Dave Clark told the council Tuesday night.
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From Baltimore Sun:
Debate over the meaning of gold-colored sheets of paper passed among members of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners has pitted the elected officials against residents who allege they are thumbing their noses at state open meetings rules.
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From WBEZ91.5:
Local officials across Illinois are getting schooled this year in transparency. By the end of this year, they're required to learn about the state's Open Meetings law, using a training on the internet. But there's a worry this noble goal could end up scaring away community volunteers.
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From Chicago Tribune:
Local governments can no longer pay top officials under fire to resign without publicly saying why, thanks to a bill unanimously supported by state lawmakers and signed by the governor.
"I think it was ripe," said Rep. Pam Myhra, the bill's author. "I just think it was ready; taxpayers and parents really wanted to see this. I think stakeholders knew it was time."
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From ProPublica:
From intrusive pat-downs to body scans to perceived profiling, the Transportation Security Administration always seems to be the target of complaints.
Here's another one: It took the TSA almost four years to tell me what people complained about — in 2008.
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