UPDATED THURSDAY: The House has placed the bill on its “special order” calendar for consideration Friday. The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a measure creating a public records exemption for police body camera videos. With little debate, the bill (SB 248) was approved 36-2. Sens. Dwight Bullard, a Miami Democrat, and Dorothy Hukill, Port […]
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 […]
Hillary Clinton use of private email account draws contrast to Jeb Bush – Tampa Bay Times
Hillary Clinton used a personal email account during her time at the State Department, the New York Times reports, and may have violated federal rules. It was only two months ago, in response to a new State Department effort to comply with federal record-keeping practices, that Mrs. Clinton’s advisers reviewed tens of thousands of pages of her […]
