Proposal would let VA public bodies hold private meetings
From Watchdog.org: A new “brainstorming” proposal would allow Virginia public bodies to decide for themselves when they can hold private meetings about public business. read more ...
California Common Sense launches open data portal
From CivSource: California Common Sense (CACS) a non-partisan non-profit founded by Stanford students and alumni to open government to the public, develop data-driven policy analysis, and educate citizens about how their governments work has la ...
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for July 26, 2013
From NFOIC: 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. While you're at it, be sure to check out State FOIA Friday Archives. Wisconsin DOJ sets 3 seminars on public records, meetings read more ...
Tax writers promise 50 years of secrecy for senators’ suggestions
From The Hill: The Senate’s top tax writers have promised their colleagues 50 years worth of secrecy in exchange for suggestions on what deductions and credits to preserve in tax reform. read more ...
Mackinac Center, ACLU officials push for greater government transparency
From MLive.com: Improving local and state government transparency was the driving focus of a Wednesday discussion sponsored by a well-known conservative think tank. read more ...
NSA says it can’t search its own emails
From ProPublica: The NSA is a "supercomputing powerhouse" with machines so powerful their speed is measured in thousands of trillions of operations per second. The agency turns its giant machine brains to the task of sifting through unimaginably large troves of data its surveillance programs capture. read more ...
Justice Department told not to delay Aaron Swartz FOIA
From The Blog of Legal Times: A federal trial judge in Washington [July 23] urged the government to continue reviewing thousands of pages of documents that could be released in a public records lawsuit seeking information from the Secret Servic ...
Burlington Free Press reporter wins national award from SPJ
From Burlington Free Press: Mike Donoghue, a reporter with the Burlington Free Press, has won a Sunshine Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. “The Society’s Sunshine Award recognizes those making important contribut ...
Government Public Affairs Offices: More Hindrance Than Help?
From The National Press Club: A National Press Club panel will convene on Aug. 12 to debate federal public-affairs practices that some say can cut the public off from its affairs. Although executive branch communications offices can be useful ...
