Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the plight of the billionaire in politics, marching against corruption in Brazil, and fighting depression with open data.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/20/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including plenty of new data, changes in Ferguson, and trouble for Andrew Cuomo.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/19/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including a deceiving downturn in nationwide lobbying expenditures, the Hungarian Prime Minister's goal of an "illiberal" state granting him more power, and an Illinois House representative's coyness over his tax returns.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/18/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the departure of the US deputy Chief Technology Officer, a ramping up of Russian internet surveillance, and big billionaire dollars being dropped in local races nationwide.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/15/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the disclosure of the Ferguson policeman involved in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a new law in Ukraine that could threaten media freedoms, and the release of Florida Gov. Rick Scott's email addresses, as well as those of his staffers, in the wake of accusations that the Governor violated his state's Open Records law.
Continue readingToday in #OpenGov 8/14/2014
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 8/13/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including lobbyists commingling even closer with industry boards, panels, and commissions in a new representative capacity, skepticism over the contents of Russian humanitarian aid vans inbound for Ukraine, and a redistricting controversy over possible gerrymandering in Florida.
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 readingToday in #OpenGov 8/11/2014
Keep reading for today's look at #OpenGov news, events, and analysis, including the Patent and Trademark Office's struggle with its work-at-home program following fibbed timesheets and undeserved bonuses, Australia's suppression of the press surrounding a foreign bribery scandal, and the Californian city of Santa Ana's nondisclosure of information about the Mayor's new house–and the seller who received a contract over a million dollars following the house's discounted sale.
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.
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