Supreme Court asked to let reporter Jana Winter protect sources in Aurora theater shooting case
Lawyers for a Fox News reporter asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to order her to identify her confidential sources for a story she wrote about Colorado theater shooting defendant James Holmes ...
Editorial: Let’s focus our sunshine
Thankfully a bill is working its way through the Legislature that would clarify that anyone who has been denied rights conferred by Colorado’s Open Meetings Law can challenge any violation of the law ...
Intel probes the private-sector side of open government data
After the National Day of Civic Hacking drew 11,000 participants last June, lead sponsor Intel decided to take a deeper look at a few promising applications. The goal, according to Brandon Barnett, director of business innovation at Intel Labs, is to ...
ICMA: Former Bell, California, Manager’s Sentence Underscores Need for Local Government Ethics and Transparency
The sentencing of former Bell, California, city manager Robert Rizzo to 12 years in state prison after being found guilty of 69 charges of public corruption underscores the critical need for local government transparency and advocacy of a culture of ...
Federal Office of Government Information Services is a good resource for information on FOIA services
The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) resource for the public and the government. Congress has charged us with reviewing FOIA policies, procedures and compliance of Federal agencies and to recomme ...
‘Chicagoland’ Producers Worked With Mayor Emanuel’s Team On Doc via FOIA requests
The Chicago Tribune reports that advisers to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were closely involved with the development of certain scenes in CNN's "Chicagoland" documentary, which aired its final eighth episode Thursday evening. read more ...
Op-Ed: Prop. 42 (CA) is chance for voters to make transparency a priority
Come June, you can send a message about transparency. Vote yes on Prop. 42. Tell local governments it's their responsibility to build -- and pay for -- a culture of openness. You can also strip from Gov. Jerry Brown, and any of his successors, the ability to gut the public records act by cooking up another cockamamie, disingenuous scheme to turn out the lights. read more ...
Records requests: Would you want information on your child’s death?
Your teenage son is walking through his Arizona neighborhood, on a sidewalk perhaps 50 feet from the fence that separates us from Mexico. He is visiting his brother at work. Some kids begin throwing rocks across the fence at Mexican border guards. Yo ...
In Colorado, law being explored would seal past marijuana convictions
Marijuana convictions that predate current Colorado law could be sealed under a bipartisan proposal being floated inside the Capitol — a move, say some lawmakers and marijuana advocates, that could potentially impact thousands of Coloradans ...
