It starts with a demand that a low-level city employee produce a public record on the spot. Or with an email to a private company demanding invoices relating to a public agency. Often, it ends with a lawsuit. For more than a year, government officials all over Florida and the vendors they do business with […]
Editorial: Blocking sunshine – The Gainesville Sun
Florida lawmakers have a funny way of celebrating Sunshine Week: trying to carve further exemptions into the state’s public records and open meetings laws. We’re halfway through Sunshine Week, an annual celebration of open government laws. Florida’s Sunshine Law is supposed to be a model measure in keeping government transparent and holding public officials accountable. […]
How Does Your State Rank for Financial Data Transparency? – Government Technology
All states are getting better at financial transparency, but some, like California, lag behind their counterparts. A sixth annual report on government spending transparency conducted by consumer advocacy group U.S. PIRG – called Following the Money 2015 – analyzed and ranked the 50 states in their efforts to show the public how they’re spending money. California, home […]
