‘Ministers could be given stronger powers to block scrutiny of public bodies under government transparency law, Downing Street has said. Speaking ahead of the expected release of documents detailing Prince Charles’s correspondence with ministers, Number […]
‘Over this month, British officials, with enormous reluctance, will relinquish the contents of 27 letters by Prince Charles to the press termed the “black spider memos” spanning the period between September 2004 and April 2005. […]
‘US Supreme Court Justice Brandeis said: Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman. But there’s […]
‘GOP lawmakers in Arizona are reacting to the recent media attention to police brutality cases by attempting to scale back transparency. Arizona Senate Bill 1445 would prohibit law enforcement agencies from releasing the names of […]
‘The White House office in charge cataloging and archiving government emails is no longer subject to Freedom of Information Act requests after a new regulation went into effect — meaning that former Secretary of State […]
Innovation is selectively restrained in systems controlled by vested interests. Just as everyone supports “solutions” until the solutions crush their share of the swag, everybody supports innovation and transparency (IT) until IT disrupts their share of the swag. Then they…
Innovation is selectively restrained in systems controlled by vested interests. Just as everyone supports “solutions” until the solutions crush their share of the swag, everybody supports innovation and transparency (IT) until IT disrupts their share of the swag. Then they…