State employees working for the Maine Legislature have had their salary and benefits information shielded from a state-operated, public database that provides the same information on all other state workers.
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A coalition committed to government openness and accountability are calling on Congress to pass legislation aimed at improving police transparency.
The letter calls for congress to pass the Police Reporting of Information, Data and Evidence (PRIDE) Act, at a time when public pressure for comprehensive data on deadly incidents involving law enforcement has reached a high point. Continue…
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City of Sun Prairie employees and elected officials won’t be able to text on city-owned cell phones under a new proposed policy.
City officials want to crack down on texting because they say it’s difficult to retain the records, required under the Wisconsin Open Records Laws. Continue…
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Those giving money to governors, lawmakers and other candidates would no longer have to disclose who they work for under a rewritten campaign finance bill that is rocketing through the Wisconsin Legislature.
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Hampton Police launched an "open data portal" that allows anyone to access various types of information on its website.
The portal includes crime statistics, officer-involved shooting information, a community police event calendar, and incident and offense reports. Continue…
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Tennesse Gov. Bill Haslam is defending a practice among his outsourcing advisers to avoid email correspondence to prevent information getting out to the public.
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The Michigan Court of Appeals will be asked to reconsider whether the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association is a public body subject to the state's Freedom of Information Act.
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As a part of the Atlanta Police Department’s commitment to President Barack Obama’s 21st Century Police Initiatives, the new open crime data portal has been launched.
This searchable database will provide access to the most commonly requested Part 1 crime statistics, according to officials. As new datasets become available, they will be added to the portal. Continue…
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If a police officer in your community has a history of misconduct, can you find out about it? It depends where you live.
WNYC spoke to attorneys and experts in all 50 states and reviewed relevant statutes and court cases to get a national picture of a local issue. We found that a police officer's disciplinary history is effectively confidential in almost half of US states. Continue…
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The Iowa Supreme Court heard a case yesterday that could result in a powerful blow to open meetings regulations in the state of Iowa.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors laid-off twelve county employees in March 2014. Instead of deliberating in a public meeting, the three supervisors communicated through the county administrator which positions would be eliminated. Continue…
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