Transparency & FOIA

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (179+ words) Here's your reminder that the fraud is still continuing - boldly, even! - after months of nonstop reporting about it. Katie Daviscourt of the Post Millennial did some looking into Somali-run daycares in the Seattle area, many of which receive tens of…...

3+ hour, 22+ min ago   (406+ words) Rep. Burlison announced release of a 1952 UAP recording and transcript, highlighting historical Air Force investigations and declassification efforts. Record released: Congressman Eric Burlison said a “previously unavailable” 1952 recording he had sought was released as part of the Trump administration’s effort…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago   (256+ words) Government credibility is seriously undermined when residents are led to believe that they and the public assets entrusted to government are protected by an oversight system that is structurally incapable of succeeding. Culver City currently has such a system. Yet…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago   (781+ words) As South Africa follows the Madlanga commission of inquiry, one question should unsettle organisations everywhere: what do we mean when we say an institution is ethical? Is ethics having the right policies and formal structures in place? Or does ethics…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (240+ words) Feels like: 27°C27°F | Clear X, formerly known as Twitter, now allows users to report privacy violations in Azerbaijani. Azerbaijani has been added to the "Report content that violates privacy" section of the Help Center. This allows users to describe the…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (54+ words) WVTF Cardinal Conversation: How fishermen are using FOIA requests The Freedom of Information Act was conceived to help the public get a clear view of what government officials are doing and saying. Cardinal News is a non-profit, online, independent news…...

9+ hour, 16+ min ago   (180+ words) By Pam Wright Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Documents related to the proposed York1 landfill and waste processing facility are being made public. According to a municipal media release, Chatham-Kent opted to release the documents “due to the significant public interest from…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1182+ words) The Government Accountability Office published a damning report a few years ago that one-third of all federal spending isn’t reported on USASpending.gov. Last week, a new law was enacted that will begin to cure the missing daylight. It’s one…...

10+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1088+ words) Karen Hambleton is typically the first person at Hopkinton’s town hall to see a right-to-know request when it arrives. In her first year as town administrator, Hambleton said the requests she has received have shown her that residents just want…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (291+ words) JUBA — The Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba, Santo Loku Pio, has questioned the government over the management and accountability of public revenues collected across the country, calling for an end to corruption and non-payment of public sector…...