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FOI Oklahoma
Only the public body, its attorney and immediate staff may attend an executive session to discuss the purchase or appraisal of real property, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.The Tar Creek relocation trust violated the state Open Meeting Act by allowing the state secretary of environment and appraisers into its...
NWOSU's FERPA-claim for secrecy garners national criticism
Northwestern Oklahoma State University's claim that a federal privacy law prohibits it from disclosing which students receive scholarships funded by Alva's sales taxes is another example of why the statute is "broken," said the executive director of the Student Press Law Center."This is yet another example of why Congress and...
Tulsa City Council's attorney says executive session starts when 'door is closed'; Experts disagree
The Tulsa City Council's attorney says executive sessions don't start until the "door is closed and the chairman says, 'We are now in executive session,'" the Tulsa World reported today.That same attorney, Drew Rees, had advised council members Thursday that they could vote in executive session to exclude Tulsa Mayor...
Tulsa City Council votes in executive session to kick mayor out of meeting
Tulsa city councilors voted in executive session Thursday to remove Mayor Dewey Bartlett from their meeting to discuss the results of an independent investigation into his chief of staff, the Tulsa World reported Thursday."I told them that I had the right to enter the room and be part of the...
Newcastle councilwoman seeking Senate Dist. 24 seat signs Open Government Pledge
The GOP challenger for Senate District 24 has pledged to "support at every opportunity" the inherent right of Oklahomans to "know and be fully informed about their government."In signing FOI Oklahoma's Open Government Pledge, Newcastle Councilwoman Linda Molsbee also specifically promised to "support legislation to strengthen the letter and the...
E-mail exchanges among Pawnee County commissioners regarding a proposed recycling facility and between the commissioners and an engineering consultant about the same project were made available to the public on Monday without a search fee being charged.Commission secretary Kandy Jump made printed copies of all County Commission e-mails available in...
UK Freedom of Information Blog
Enforcement action taken after IPCC fails to respond to FOI requests
The Information Commissioner's Office has taken enforcement action against the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) for failing to respond to FOI requests within the 20 day time limit. The enforcement notice states:This action was prompted by a letter from the IPCC which stated that it was experiencing difficulties in responding...
In a significant decision on the application of section 40, the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) has ruled that the Information Commissioner was wrong to conclude that Cambridgeshire Constabulary could withhold the whole of an investigating officer's report on the grounds that it consisted entirely of the requester's own personal data....
PQ: ICO average case closure time
10 Jun 2010 : Column 213WAnnette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average time taken to resolve complaints made to the Information Commissioner's office was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [1517]Mr Blunt: The Information...
Lord McNally: Govt considering how best to extend FOI Act
Freedom of Information Act 2000Question Asked by Lord LucasTo ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Freedom of Information Act 2000 will be extended to academies, examination boards, the Higher Education Statistics Agency and the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services.[HL55]The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord McNally): The Government intend...
Government data to be opened up to the public
Number10.gov.ukMonday 31 May 2010The Prime Minister has today launched a radical plan to open up Government data to the public.In a letter sent to all Government departments, David Cameron has set out ambitious plans to open up data and set challenging deadlines to public bodies for the publication of information...
Government unveils Ministerial Code
Number 10Friday 21 May 2010The Government has today published three documents to ensure greater accountability and transparency for Ministers.The Ministerial Code, published by the Prime Minister, sets out the standards of conduct expected of Ministers.Read the Ministerial Code [Cabinet Office website]The Code bars former Ministers from lobbying Government for two...
OpenSecrets Blog
SLICES WITH JACK: Jack Abramoff, the super-lobbyist who in 2006 pled guilty to multiple felony charges related to a corruption scandal and defrauding his clients, was transferred from federal prison to a halfway house in Maryland earlier this month. Now, it seems, his calling is taking him to a pizza...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved the futures contracts over movie industry objections, but Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) overrode that decision by inserting tough derivatives language into the Senate's version of financial reform. Now, the Motion Picture Association of America "is furiously lobbying members of the House-Senate conference committee to...
OpenSecrets Blog's PolitiQuizz: Which State Loves Earmarks?
Congressional earmarks are often not well understood, hidden in massive pieces of legislation and marred in controversy.This week's PolitiQuizz brings our readers to muddled land of earmarks....
YACHT A GOOD IDEA?: BP's chief executive, Tony Hayward, came under fire once again on Saturday for spending the day off the coast of England watching his yacht compete in for the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, a yacht race around the Isle of Wight....
Rep. Alan Grayson Not Nuts About FEC Ruling
Although Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) might seem a political pit bull at times, the freshman congressman grew defensive recently when crying foul against a Web-based political action group that's been dogging him for months....
According to the Center for Responsive Politics' review of a monthly campaign finance report filed today with the Federal Election Commission Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas), a member of the House Energy Committee, was the sole federal beneficiary of BP's PAC between May 1 and May 31....
Open Secrets
People who make freedom-of-information applications are sometimes accused of going on fishing expeditions, submitting generalised queries in the vague hope of coming across some scandal. Of course, in one sense, any FOI request is a fishing expedition in that requesters......
FOI finds out what MP couldn't
Freedom of information requests, which anyone can submit, can obtain more information than Parliamentary questions from MPs. This has just been illustrated by the issue of how much Arts Council England paid the artist Lothar Gotz for his role in......
Victory for whatdotheyknow website
A new decision this week by the Information Commissioner's Office represents a significant victory for the FOI requesters' website whatdotheyknow.com in its battles with the few public authorities that object to its mode of operation - in this case, the......
Coins data now published: Please help us analyse it
This morning, the Treasury has released a tranche of data from its Coins (Combined Online Information System) database, which contains details of public spending across Whitehall. This represents a reversal of the policy adopted by the Labour government, which in......
Should you know if your neighbour has a gun?
Does the coalition government's agenda for increasing public access to state data have any relevance to gun ownership and the shootings in Cumbria? Some in the USA might think so. As I've noted previously (on the subject of public-sector pay),......
Given that high pay in the public sector has been in the news over the past few days, as has the issue of MPs' expenses, how much was paid to the man who was given the task of auditing MPs'......
Kentucky Open Government Blog
New blog for Rockcastle County starts with open-government concerns
Issues of open government are the topic of the first post in a new blog for Rockcastle County, where a local water association has barred its customers from attending its board meetings "despite numerous protests by many of its water-user members," blogger Elmer Whitler writes on Rockcastle County News, which he...
Budgets under review by councils are open records
A proposed city budget submitted to members of the city council for review is a public document, according to the Kentucky attorney general. Members of the public and the media are entitled to review the document under the Kentucky Open Records Act before it is voted on by the city...
Local judge tells Hopkinsville police to release records police have on threats made in the city
A local circuit judge has ruled that Hopkinsville officials should not given the local newspaper more information about threats made in the city last year. The mayor has said the city might appeal the ruling because it could set a bad precedent, but if the Court of Appeals upheld the decision...
National group offers money to support lawsuits that advance freedom of information
The National Freedom of Information Coalition has received a $180,000 grant to support freedom of information litigation, NFOIC Executive Director Charles Davis said today at the group's annual meeting in Arlington, Va.Davis said the NFOIC had already used some of the money, from the John S. and James L. Knight...
Judge orders state to release records on death of baby that died at meth lab while in state custody
A Franklin Circuit Court judge has ruled that records on a baby who died after drinking drain cleaner should be open to the public.Judge Philip Shepherd said there is no reason why records on 20-month-old Kayden Daniels, who died May 30 at an alleged methamphetamine lab, should not be released....
Attorney general says Whitley County sheriff must reply to records request from newspaper
The state attorney general's office has ruled that Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge violated the state open-records law by refusing to respond to a request for a list of auxiliary deputies from the Times-Tribune of Corbin. But the paper's editor, Samantha Swindler, says that as far as she can tell,...
Sunlight Foundation Transparency Ecosystem
Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time: Free love and money at the Carole King, James Taylor Reunion Tour...
Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time: Rep. Jerry Moran hopes Nationals’ Strasburg will draw donors...
The Open House Project: The Day in Transparency 6/23/2010
The Open House Project: The Day in Transparency 6/23/2010...
The Open House Project: The Day in Sunlight 6/23/2010
The Open House Project: The Day in Sunlight 6/23/2010...
Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: Citizens United: Kentucky's response
Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: Citizens United: Kentucky's response...
The Open House Project: Advisory Committee on Transparency Update
The Open House Project: Advisory Committee on Transparency Update...
Secrecy News
Former Chinese Nuclear Site Now a Tourist Attraction
China recently opened to the public a massive underground former nuclear weapons facility known as Project 816 in Chongqing, and video footage of the site was featured in a recent report (pdf) from the DNI Open Source Center. The Chongqing facility, which began construction in 1967 (some say 1966), was originally...
China’s Green Energy Programs, and More from CRS
One thing that is even more impressive than China’s nuclear history is its emerging green energy future. “China has set ambitious targets for developing its… renewable energy resources with a major push of laws, policies and incentives in the last few years,” according to a new report (pdf) from the...
Studies on Military R&D (1984)
The role of scientific research in weapon development was explored through four case studies written in 1984 by arms control scholar Milton Leitenberg. The case studies examine the development of anti-satellite weapons; weather modification; Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs); and biological weapons research. Military research does not cause arms races, Leitenberg...
FBI Found 14 Intel Leak Suspects in Past 5 Years
The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified 14 suspected “leakers” of classified U.S. intelligence information during the past five years, according to newly disclosed statistics (pdf). Between 2005 and 2009, U.S. intelligence agencies submitted 183 “referrals” to the Department of Justice reporting unauthorized disclosures of classified intelligence. Based on those referrals or...
Elena Kagan on Executive Power, and More from CRS
As a matter of law and policy, the Congressional Research Service does not make its products directly available to the public. The following CRS reports were obtained by Secrecy News (all pdf). “Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan: Presidential Authority and the Separation of Powers,” June 4, 2010. “Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan:...
Declassification and the “Crisis” in Intelligence History
The ongoing failure to establish a robust, reliable and productive declassification program is steadily eroding the study of intelligence history and may lead to the collapse of the entire field, one intelligence historian told the National Security Agency last month. “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that we’re at...
Sunlight Foundation
I’m pretty excited to be joining the team here at Sunlight. I’m the new Lead Organizer for the Public Equals Online campaign, which means that most of the time when you’re hearing from me, I’ll be asking you for something: ideas, feedback, calls to Congress. I’m lucky to...
Sunlight feels strongly that Congress needs to respond to the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, and require disclosure for newly allowed political spending from corporations and unions. The scale of the new money that could now flow, unfollowed, into our politics can be hard to fathom. That’s why I’ve made the following...
Former government officials hired to lobby as Congress looks to rewrite telecom law
As leaders in Congress announced a series of hearings this June to tackle huge telecommunications issues with a focus on the Internet, the top phone and cable organizations that control the majority of the access to the Internet have hired 276 former government officials to lobby both the Congress and...
Thursday’s Roll Call featured a fantastic Op-Ed from Representative Jeff Flake, about ethics, earmarks, campaign contributions, and the Office of Congressional Ethics. Worth reading in full. In the interest of full disclosure, I voted against the creation of the OCE in 2007. I felt at the time that the House should be...
Sen. Claire McCaskill spent the past few months moving from Senate office to Senate office seeking supporters of her provision to end secret holds in the Senate for good. It seems that all that work has paid off and she now has the requisite 67 votes to change Senate rules. The...
The NRA exemption to the DISCLOSE Act has reportedly grown wider. As we predicted, the appalling exemption demanded by the NRA has now been expanded. Even more groups will now elude public scrutiny, even as the Supreme Court recognizes that disclosure is the necessary response to expanded speech rights for...
EFF.org Updates
Sign the ACTA Communiqué and Tell Negotiators to Protect Your Rights
As we now know, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement — allegedly conceived to reduce the flow of fake physical goods across borders — could cut people off of the Internet, turn Internet intermediaries into copyright cops, and create a global framework that puts severe restrictions on innovation. With the next round of...
It's Your Data, It's Your Bot: It's Not A Crime
Can public websites decide who is and is not a criminal through their terms of service? A brief EFF filed yesterday argues no. The amicus brief is a follow-up to one we filed last month in Facebook v. Power Ventures. Facebook claims that Power breaks California criminal law by...
'Hot News' Doctrine Could Stifle Online Commentary and Criticism
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP), and Public Citizen Monday urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to consider the critical First Amendment questions at issue in a case asserting "hot news misappropriation" -- a doctrine that a federal...
Encrypt the Web with the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox Extension
Today EFF and the Tor Project are launching a public beta of a new Firefox extension called HTTPS Everywhere. This Firefox extension was inspired by the launch of Google's encrypted search option. We wanted a way to ensure that every search our browsers sent was encrypted. At the same...
Hopeful Signs in Supreme Court's New Text Messaging Privacy Decision, City of Ontario v. Quon
The Supreme Court today issued its decision (pdf) in City of Ontario v. Quon, addressing the question of whether a city government's search of transcripts of a public employee's text messaging over a city-issued pager violated the Fourth Amendment. EFF had filed an amicus brief (pdf) in the case...
Defcon 18 Getaway Contest and a NEW T-Shirt!
The Defcon 18 Getaway Contest is getting down to the wire and things are heating up! One hundred twenty-four participants have raised over $4,000 so far! In first place competing as an individual is Art Conklin with $725. In second place is Holy Handgrenades with $625. Team Nodes is...
The FOIA blog
Kagan and Government Secrecy: A Mixed Bag
The AP has this analysis of Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan's arguments on behalf of government secrecy while the Solicitor General. My take is that while I wish she had been a stronger proponent of transparency while the Solicitor......
The Clinton Presidential Library has released the emails of Elena Kagan from the time she was employed in the Clinton Administration. The release can be found here....
Bill to Make Fannie Mae & Freddy Mac Subject to FOIA Introduced
The Deseret News reports that Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut) has introduced a bill that would specifically make Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac subject to the FOIA. Currently the two home loan giants are under government conservatorship--which leaves the question of......
has been published. Blog readers will realize its a version of earlier blog posts concerning ideas for improving the FOIA and my argument that a law creating a commission isn't something that is needed. As always, please publish your ideas......
FBI releases Ted Kennedy files.
The FBI has released its files on Senator Edward Kennedy....
Al.com's Sean Reilly quotes me in his story about a lawsuit I have brought on behalf of my client, John Aaron, in his attempt to get records from the Executive Office of United States Attorneys concerning Leura Canary, the U.S.......
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog
Keeping the Heat on Contractors
There has been plenty of heat in Washington, D.C. recently. Monday was the official start of summer, with daily temperatures in the area reaching the high 90s. June also saw the debut of Stephen Strasburg, a 21-year-old pitcher for the......
When Justice Is Blind[ed by Oil]
Kate Sheppard of Mother Jones notes that the judge who struck down the moratorium on offshore drilling has owned stock in several companies that could be impacted by his decision: According to the most recently available financial disclosure form for......
Morning Smoke: Senate Negotiators Likely to Soften Volcker Rule
Volcker Rule Under Attack as Lawmakers Seek Loophole by Yalman Onaran [Bloomberg] FINRA Owes America Answers on These Proposals by Larry Doyle [Sense on Cents] Judge Who Struck Down Moratorium Has Owned Transocean Stock by Kate Sheppard [Mother Jones] Banks......
New Details Trickle Out About Contractor Misconduct Disclosure Rule
In December 2008, a mandatory disclosure rule went into effect which requires federal contractors to report to the government certain types of misconduct related to the award, performance, or closeout of a contract. Failure to comply with this rule can......
Morning Smoke: House Investigation Finds Taliban and Afghan Warlords Take US Funds
Taliban takes U.S. funds, report says by Aamer Madhani [USA Today] Salazar creates new agency to oversee drilling by Matthew Daly [Associated Press] SEC Crazy Talk by Gary Weiss [Portfolio] Frank Agrees to Put Consumer Finance Bureau at Fed by......
Energy IG Findings Show You Can't be Everybody's Partner and be a Good Watchdog at the Same Time
President Obama’s message last week to the new director of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) was “to build an organization that acts as the oil industry’s watchdog—not its partner." The President hit on a truism: federal agencies need to be......
The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch
Public Participation, Transparency and Principles for Redistricting
Every 10 years, following the U.S. census, all local, state and federal election districts must be re-mapped to account for changing demographics and a growing and mobile population. In five months, voters may determine control of Congress for the next decade in elections for governors and legislatures that will...
EPA Delays Rule Targeting Lead Paint in Homes
Responding to political pressure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will push back enforcement of a new rule intended to protect homeowners and occupants from exposure to lead paint. <!--break--> In a June 18 memo, EPA enforcement chief Cynthia Giles instructed EPA regional offices to wait until October to begin enforcing the...
Supreme Court Rules Against Charities' Challenge to the Patriot Act
In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that the government can ban all forms of aid to designated terrorist organization, even if that aid includes advice about nonviolent and legal activities. In Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder, the Humanitarian Law Project (HLP) and other charities allege that sections of...
Coal Ash Proposal Open for Public Comment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today published in the Federal Register its proposal to regulate toxic coal ash. The proposal, steeped in controversy, was announced by EPA May 3 but not immediately published. <!--break--> EPA is proposing two regulatory options. The first would designate coal ash as a hazardous waste, requiring...
Administration Unveils New Fraud-Fighting Measures
<!--break--> Writing in his Federal Eye blog over at the Washington Post, Ed O'Keefe put up an interesting piece this morning about the Obama administration creating a government "do not pay" list to help prevent certain improper payments, and ordering the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to begin using...
Obama Blocks Lobbyists from Government Panels
<!--break--> Today, President Obama issued a memo barring registered lobbyists from serving on federal advisory committees, boards, and commissions. A statement on the White House website says: These part-time agency advisory boards and commissions – of which there are thousands throughout the executive branch – help the government shape policy on...
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Canyon County Prosecutor John Bujak’s ‘private contract’ draws fire
John Bujak says he doesn't understand why his contract to prosecute Nampa misdemeanor cases has raised red flags with some county residents. "I'm saving Nampa money. I'm saving the county money," Bujak said. "I would think people would be thrilled." From the Idaho Statesman...
Campaign attack groups fined for Sunshine Law violations
daho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa has announced fines against two groups that launched last-minute campaign attacks against an Idaho Supreme Court candidate without following the disclosure requirements of the state’s Sunshine Law. “Idaho Citizens for Justice” is being fined $1,300, and “Idaho Citizens for Commonsense Solutions” is being fined...
Federal courts approve fee break for records
People who access court documents electronically from federal district courts through the PACER system pay 8 cents a page for the privilege, but until this spring, they got the first $10 worth of copies in a year without charge. Now, the Judicial Conference of the United States has approved a...
Idaho group says school trustees met illegally
A government-accountability group says a southeastern Idaho school board held an illegal secret meeting over salary cuts. The Idaho Freedom Foundation, a free-market advocate, vowed to lodge a complaint in state court against Pocatello's District 25 school board, whose trustees held a three-hour executive session Saturday morning, followed by a...
Justice Scalia: ‘A certain amount of civic courage’
When the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in the case of Doe vs. Reed, challenging Washington state’s practice of considering signatures on petitions for a referendum or initiative to be public record, the justices’ questioning showed much concern about openness and transparency; you can see the transcript...
Cameras in Court: 9th Circuit to permit cameras for first-ever Pocatello hearing
When the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals holds its first-ever sitting in Pocatello on May 24th, to hear oral arguments in two Idaho cases, it’ll make history in another way as well: Cameras will be allowed in the courtroom. Though cameras are allowed in courtrooms in most state courts,...
Sunlight Labs blog
Recently, the Labs broke into teams and spent two days doing projects entirely of our own devising, given free rein. Our team consisted of two developers, a designer, and Sunlight's prized sysadmin. So for our project, we wanted to do something for the office, that blended software and...
"How Our Laws Are Made": Now in Poster Form
Just a quick note: we've been getting a few requests from folks saying they'd like to buy a printed copy of How Our Laws Are Made, one of the winning entries from Design for America. Well, good news: the folks responsible for this fantastic infographic have made it available...
Like Clay said, I'm the new guy. Well, not entirely new -- I've been at Sunlight since late 2008. But I'm the one who's going to be trying to fill the enormous gap that Clay is leaving. I thought I'd start to explain how I want to...
It's been just over two years since I first started here at Sunlight, and today's my last day. Over the past two years, we've done some incredible things together. Through Apps and Design for America contests, our community developed nearly 200 open source applications and visualizations on top of government data,...
After discovering the conflict of interest in the forms contest, we scrambled to find a judge. Ultimately, Adobe came through and brought us Stephen Buckley host of OpenGovRadio and blogger at http://www.ustransparency.com. Here's what Stephen had to say about the winner, and why he picked who he picked: Clay, I choose the...
Our Design for America contest was great-- we had a lot of great entrants in all the categories. One of the categories I was more excited about was the "Redesign of a Government Form" category. While it was a bit esoteric-- if you think about it, the primary way people...
Open-Government Blog
Court of Appeals: PRA Statute of Limitation Not Triggered Until Proper Withholding Index Provided
The Court of Appeals issued it's ruling in Tobin v. Worden today. They got it exactly right.As the Supreme Court held last year, the one-year statute of limitations for a Public Records Act case does not begin to run until the agency provides the required index showing the records...
Kagan Argued Against Openness 4 out of 5 Times
This AP story begins:"Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's arguments as solicitor general in several cases on government secrecy were at odds with a promise of transparency made by her boss and top client, President Barack Obama."...
The National Freedom of Information Coalition has announced that former Seattle P-I editor Ken Bunting will be its new executive director.We know Ken Bunting very well and think the world of him. NFOIC is getting a great executive director. Congratulations, Ken!...
TNT Editorial on Juvenile Court Records
The (Tacoma) News-Tribune editorializes against a proposal to shield more juvenile records from the public....
(Everett) Herald Editorial on Legislative Transparency
The (Everett) Herald editorializes on the Legislature's lack of transparency and discusses the findings of the Washington Policy Center on this topic....
Seattle Times Editorial on Legislative Transparency
The Seattle Times editorializes on a darned good idea from the Washington Policy Center: legislative transparency so the people know what their (supposed) representatives are voting on....
MNCOGI
Fair Use and Social Media: A Primer
Presenter: Paul HannahTuesday, June 29, 20104:30 - 6:00 pmWomen Venture Meeting Room2324 University Ave West, St. Paul (just East of Raymond)A COGI-tations EventConfused about how and when Fair Use applies to entries on Facebook, Twitter and blogs? Paul Hannah, media lawyer, provides pointers on Copyright law for journalists, concerned citizens,...
Sunshine Week Event featuring Jane Kirtley
Jane KirtleyFreedom of Information: Your Key to Open GovernmentMonday, March 15, 2010 12:00 NoonJames J. Hill Reference Library80 West 4th Street, St. PaulEvent flyer ...
Chief Justice Magnuson Keynote at 21st annual Freedom of Information Day Award Ceremony
Freedom of Information advocates hear Chief Justice Magnuson, honor local newspaper editor Anfinson and promote open accessEvent flyer Chief Justice Eric J. Magnuson will deliver the keynote speech at the 21st annual Freedom of Information Day Award Ceremony on Tuesday, March 16, Noon-1:00 at Minneapolis Central Library Pohlad Auditorium. Chief...
Sunshine Week 2010 Webcast – Building Transparency
Friday, March 19, 201011:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. CST Participants in past Sunshine Week webcasts have expressed a preference for viewing/participating from their own office rather than gathering for a group view.No registration required.The link will be available 24 hrs. prior to the event at the SW event page....
Reed Anfinson Receives John R. Finnegan Freedom of Information Award
February 8, 2010 -- The Minnesota Coalition on Government Information (MNCOGI) announced today that Reed Anfinson, publisher of the Swift County Monitor-News, will receive the 2010 John R. Finnegan Freedom of Information Award. Anfinson will be honored at the annual Freedom of Information Day recognition event, on Tuesday, March...
IPAD Open Meeting Law Workshop
The Information Policy Analysis Division will present a half-day Open Meeting Law workshop on January 27 in St. Paul. The workshop offers a practical look at how public bodies in Minnesota can meet their obligations under the Open Meeting Law (Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13D).What: Open Meeting Law WorkshopWhen: Wednesday, January...