When Gov. Mike Pence unveiled his new $9 million government management system, he ran down a list of ways it would make state government work better before ending with the promise that state government will also be more ìtransparent.î re ...

KOAA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Colorado Springs and Pueblo, requested financial documents be provided by the Penrose Parks and Recreation District under the Colorado Open Records Act. The former treasurer and current director of communications have not responded to our request for information ...

School police in several California public school districts are ready for anything -- including, apparently, a small invasion. The open news website MuckRock found through a recent Freedom of Information Act request that not only are California sta ...

Veteran journalist Donnis Baggett, former publisher and editor of The Eagle, was honored Friday by the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas for his work in fighting for open government and the First Amendment. Baggett, who is executive vice president of the Texas Press Association, leads the group's governmental affairs program, which focuses on protecting open records, open meetings and public notice at all levels of government. read more ...

The Chicago Public Schools have been hit with a lawsuit accusing the administration of violating the law when it comes to providing the public with information about how the district is run. WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports M ...

There are a lot of things that government doesnít want you to know: It can be a relatively simple thing, such as the details of a $6.8 million no-bid contract for a D.C. firm to basically run the state Medicaid program after the McCrory admini ...

Secretary of State William F. Galvinís office has long been the referee that journalists and citizens rely on when government agencies refuse to release records ranging from crime reports to internal audits. But time and time again, records sh ...

The chairman of the Virginia Press Associationís Freedom of Information Committee believes Suffolkís city attorneyís advice to hold meetings of a new task force in the open is on the right side of the law. read more ...

Denver's local media want cameras allowed in the courtroom during the trial of the Aurora theater shooting suspect. I've been been in journalism for more than two decades and, given my firsthand experience as a victim of crime, I can say unequivocally that cameras should not be allowed ...

Call records and text messages from Pierce County (WA) Prosecutor Mark Lindquist’s personal mobile phone aren’t private if they’re related to public business. The idea drives a unanimous ruling issued Tuesday by the Washington Sta ...