Text messages sent on a private telephone between Maureen McDonnell, wife of Bob McDonnell, and businessman Johnnie Williams are key evidence in the corruption trial of the former Virginia governor, according to the Washington Post. New Jersey Gov ...

The FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 (S.2520) (“FIA”) sets out to make various tweaks to a key federal access to information statute, the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). Below, I overview some of the most significant changes ...

Laws such as the federal Freedom of Information Act and the Utah Government Records Access and Management Act were designed as ways to keep the things government entities do in the sunlight. The idea is that people should have access to what their go ...

Fulfilling a campaign promise by Mayor Betsy Price, Fort Worth is jumping on the open data government bandwagon. Last month, the city launched an online portal that provides direct access to a wellspring of public information. Open data sites like ...

The woman hired six years ago to oversee sweeping changes to Pennsylvania's open records law is waiting to see if she still has a job. More than three months since her six-year term expired as executive director of the Office of Open Records, Terry Mutchler doesn't know whether Gov. Tom Corbett will reappoint her to a second term. read more ...

Bozeman has joined the state of Montana’s open government push as the first city to publish local databases on a state website. The website, data.mt.gov, contains 36 datasets. It includes all public information about the facilities leased by th ...

More than 40 people attended a forum by Executive Director of the State Committee on Open Government Robert Freeman Thursday, July 31. During the meeting, Freeman briefly explained the intricacies of the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) as well as t ...

A member of the Olympia Planning Commission was recognized for taking a stance on open public meetings, but not everyone applauded. Judy Bardin received a Key Award from the Washington Coalition for Open Government, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organiz ...

Colorado lawmakers and parents decried the state's system for reporting school violence after a fatal shooting at Arapahoe High School did not appear in a statewide discipline report intended to give parents a snapshot of campus safety ...

Pueblo Chieftain’s reporting makes two claims, this was an illegal meeting and Pueblo County's transportation director manipulated Pueblo City Council. Let’s focus on the claim this was an illegal meeting. After reviewing 1189 pages of emails, a different picture emerges ...