The Jordan-Elbridge County school district held a training session for the public on the county’s open meetings law. State Supreme... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “Transparency with conditions is not transparency”
The Austin Independent School District agreed to release a report that deals with the closing, repurposing, and consolidation of nine... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: New York Govenor Andrew Cuomo launches new website to increase transparency and emphasize citizen engagement
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has made good on his campaign promise to increase his own transparency by launching a... View Article
Continue readingGovernor Quinn approves bill to delay FOIA requests
The wait is over. On Friday last week, Governor Pat Quinn signed into law HB 1716, a bill that will... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Citizens demand more open government
The tide has turned for the transparency movement. A unified voice in demand for more openness from the government has... View Article
Continue readingGot mobile gov? It’s closer than you think
Our guest blogger today, is Sid Burgess. Sid is the Director of Government Relations at DotGov, Inc — the creators... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Florida accidentally deletes public records
Whether it is a top-down issue or the other way round, we can not help but notice a disconnect between... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Tennessee keeps ethics violations secret
A new trend by those in power to keep public information secret from those who are not, is slowly spreading.... View Article
Continue readingEmpowering Citizens to become better Watchdogs
Our trip to Utah last month to deliver your letters to the National Governors Association (NGA) — asking our governors... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Connecticut reveals state expenditures in new website
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group released a score card that gave Connecticut an F in spending transparency. The score... View Article
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