A University of Florida law school professor and member of the committee searching for a new dean for the Levin College of Law has sent an email to law school faculty warning them that their communications could be made public, reassuring them that most of their emails had been deleted “as they came in.” “Very […]
Tampa lawmaker Janet Cruz wants voters’ birth dates kept private
Florida has some of the strongest public records laws in the country. Too strong, in the minds of some in Tallahassee. A case in point is that names, addresses, party affiliations and birth dates of voters have been public information for decades. Election supervisors, and the news media, use the information to verify someone’s identity. […]
Beth Noveck: Demand a more open-source government
What can governments learn from the open-data revolution? In this stirring talk, Beth Noveck, the former deputy CTO at the White House, shares a vision of practical openness — connecting bureaucracies to citizens, sharing data, creating… Read more…