The New York Times January 8, 2011 By Scot Shane and John F. Burns The U.S. government has begun a criminal investigation of WikiLeaks for releasing thousands of classified documents pertaining to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The Attorney General issued subpoenas for the Twitter accounts of people linked to WikiLeaks including its founder, Julian Assange. -db
The Obama administration indicted a former CIA officer, continuing its campaign to prosecute individuals for leaking classified information. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press January 7, 2011 By Peter Haldis A former CIA officer was indicted last month for allegedly providing a New York Times reporter with classified information. He is the latest in a string of leakers prosecuted by the Obama administration. Jeffrey Sterling, 43, of O’Fallon, Mo., was indicted on 10 counts,
The Times-Standard January 4, 2011 By Allison White The Arcata City Council will examine actions of board members making assignments to the Humboldt Water Management Authority to ascertain if there was a “serial meeting” in violation California’s Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. -db
San Jose Mercury News December 28, 2010 By Bonnie Eslinger The San Mateo County district attorney is investigating allegations that Menlo Park councilmembers conducted a “serial meeting” over section of the town mayor in violation of California open meeting laws. -db
A recent poll found that the general public wants greater access in the way of online postings from local state and federal governments. Only 23.8 percent of governments have launched a data site. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press January 5, 2011 By Christine Beckett Online access to government data is not meeting the needs or expectations of the general public, a survey conducted by data aggregator Socrata found. The results of