Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including a new GOP challenge to an SEC campaign finance rule, lobbying efforts by a former Clinton aide for the Keystone XL pipeline, and quiet changes to email preservation policies in New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/12/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the creation of the United States Digital Service, Bahrain's government's surveillance of activists and opposition politicians, and a DOJ report uncovering systemic abuses at New York City's Rikers Island jail.
Continue readingLost and found in Atlanta: Georgia’s executive orders make their way back online
Earlier this week, we highlighted a serious lack of transparency in the actions of Georgia’s executive branch. Happily, the Governor’s administration finally agreed yesterday that it’s time to bring the executive orders back into public view.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/8/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including extensive D.C. lobbying on Argentina's debt, four new partners in the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative, and increased charter school transparency in North Carolina.
Continue readingThe case of the missing executive orders: (A lack of) transparency in Georgia’s government
Last week, we discussed the accessibility of gubernatorial executive orders in every state. There’s still a ways to go, but almost all states put their executive orders online for the public to view. All except for one: Georgia.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/6/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including a look at the U.S. government's Terrorist Screening Database and Terrorist Information Datamart Environment, the continuing consequences of the E.U.'s "right to be forgotten" ruling on the Wikimedia Foundation, and a new Republican committee that seeks to make use of SCOTUS' McCutcheon ruling at the state level.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/4/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including another PAC to end all PACs, targeting of journalists and dissidents in Bahrain and the UAE, and a redistricting ruling for Florida's highly gerrymandered Fifth and Tenth Congressional Districts.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/31/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including expedited firing processes at the VA, press censorship in India, and the latest developments in the federal investigation into the operation of New York's Moreland Commission.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/29/14
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including an announcement of Mayday PAC's targeted races, judicial appointment reform in India, and (potential) new municipal broadband policy at the FCC.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 7/25/14
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including recently released guidelines for placing individuals on the No-Fly List, difficulties in building Ireland's open data portal, and ethics commission interference from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's office.
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