The banging jolted Bryan Carmody awake. Outside his San Francisco home Friday morning, the longtime journalist saw a throng of police officers with a sledgehammer, trying to break down his front gate. Carmody told the eight to 10 officers he would only let them in with a search warrant. Police confirmed a judge signed off […]
Tag: San Francisco
San Francisco supervisors using messaging app that lets texts vanish
An encrypted messaging app that allows users to delete their texts automatically after just a few seconds has become a favored way of communicating among some San Francisco supervisors and their aides, raising questions about whether technological advances are subverting public-records laws.
The app, Telegram, was created by a Russian entrepreneur and claims to be 100 percent encrypted. It is one of several apps, including Snapchat, Wickr and Frankly, that offer self-destructing messages.
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San Francisco could lead on open source voting
Nowhere in the United States is there an open source voting system. While Los Angeles and Travis County, Texas, are working on open source voting systems, San Francisco could emerge as a leader.
But only if there is the political will and the funding.
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SF’s Prop. splits allies over open government
It’s typically impossible to find any San Francisco politician or community group opposed to more openness in government, but Proposition E has managed to do just that.
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New appointments to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force may help San Francisco government watchdogs grow teeth
In a win for government transparency, a slew of strong new appointments for a city government watchdog group cleared their first round of approvals yesterday.
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San Francisco mayor launches Open Government Innovation Partnership
From San Francisco Sentinel:
San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, as Chair of the first U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) Technology and Innovation Task Force, announced the Open Government Innovation Partnership – a call to action to help cities advance and prioritize innovation to drive job growth, economic development, improved efficiency and collaboration.
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NFOIC’s FOI Friday for March 23, 2012
A few open government and FOIA news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier. Be sure to check out Sunshine Week 2012 News while you're at it.
Hacking as a Civic Duty
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