Florida’s top child welfare officials were on the defensive before a House committee on Wednesday as they defended an annual report on child deaths that had been stripped of data and embarrassing details about the state’s role in failing to protect the children whose lives were lost. Secretary of the Department of Health John Armstrong told the […]
Sobel doubts ability of admnistration to do transparent review of child deaths – Naked Politics
Frustrated that state officials have scrubbed crucial, and often embarrassing, details from a state report on children who have died from abuse, the head of the key Senate oversight committee said Thursday that it may be time to take the job away from the administration. “It seems they are less transparent that they have been […]
Editorial: Gov. Rick Scott should embrace openness rather than secrecy – Tampa Bay Times
The spotlight turns on Tallahassee today as Gov. Rick Scott is sworn in for a second term, and there will be optimistic speeches and pronouncements about the Sunshine State’s bright future. Yet the governor and the Legislature have driven state government into the darkness with their disregard for public records and brazen attempts to keep […]
