From nbc15.com:
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Read More… from City of Madison opens up public records and open data to developers
From WisconsinWatch.org:
Wisconsin’s Open Records Law asserts the public’s right to the “greatest possible information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those officers and employees who represent them.”
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A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
Advocates fight to keep Georgia archives open to public
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 5, 2012
From htrnews.com:
Wisconsin uses a patchwork system to regulate mobile home communities that often forces communities like Plymouth to act alone when a park owner won’t make repairs to houses with malfunctioning plumbing, broken heating systems and mold-covered walls, a Gannett Wisconsin Media investigation has found.
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Read More… from Wisconsin’s mobile home oversight splintered
From The Badger Herald:
A national council has filed suit against the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents for refusing to comply with requests to access course syllabi across the UW System’s four-year campuses.
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Read More… from Nonprofit sues UW Board of Regents for access to syllabi