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November 2011

California: Former Manhattan Beach city manager sues for invasion of privacy

donal brown November 28, 2011

A former Manhattan Beach city manager is suing the city for disclosing records that he claims were supposed to be secret as part of a severance package. The city attorney said the city was acting in the public interest in its commitment to transparency. The former city manager felt that allegations of sexual harassment made in an anonymous letter would hurt his chances for employment. -db From the Easy Reader, November 23, 2011, by Alene

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California: Barstow School Board alleged to violate open meetings laws

donal brown November 28, 2011

An expert in open government law challenged the Barstow School Board contention that they had not violated the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, in failing to report a vote out of closed session. The school board was considering the resignation of the school superintendent. -db From the Desert Dispatch, November 21, 2011. by Katie Lucia. Full story  

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Opinion: Online Piracy Act seen as censorship threat

donal brown November 28, 2011

The Stop Online Piracy Act would bring China-style Internet censorship to the United States, argues Rebecca MacKinnon in an op-ed in The New York Times. MacKinnon said the bill before Congress, designed to protect intellectual property, would “inflict collateral damage on democratic discourse and dissent both at home and around the world.” -db From an op-ed in The New York Times, November 15, 2011, by Rebecca MacKinnon. Full story

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Opinion: Los Angeles schools errs in keeping teacher ratings from public

donal brown November 28, 2011

The Los Angeles Unified School District is thwarting the public’s right to know how teachers rated in value-added evaluations saying that the disclosures would be “embarrassing and painful” to teachers. Parents have the right to know how students are faring under their teachers argues Jim Newton in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. -db From an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, November 28, 2011, by Jim Newton. Full story

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Opinion: WikiLeaks made significant contributions to the right to know

donal brown November 28, 2011

WikiLeaks has changed the face of journalism and contributed more scoops this year than any other media outlet, reports Trevor Timm in a commentary for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In using the Espionage Act to prosecute WikiLeaks, the federal government poses a real threat to the mainsream media and the First Amendment, argues Timm. -db From a commentary for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 28, 2011, by Trevor Timm. Full story  

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