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Obama open government initiative inspires research on its effectiveness

donal brown March 2, 2010

Scholars say that there is increasing interest in the academic community in studying the effect of the government’s open government initiatives. -db NextGov March 1, 2010 By Aliya Sternstein The practice of disclosing government data in a way that is meaningful to the public and holds the government accountable could become a growing area of scholarly interest, partly because the Obama administration’s interest in the subject has made research funding easier to obtain, some academics

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California court throws out conviction in child molestation case after juror discusses case outside of court

donal brown March 2, 2010

A man convicted of child molestation won a new trial after a judge found that a juror’s discussion of the proceedings with a friend has been prejudicial and deprived the defendant of a fair trial. -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise March 1, 2010 By Kenneth Ofgang A juror’s repeated conversations with a friend about the child molestation case he was hearing prejudiced the defendant, requiring a new trial, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Friday. Div.

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Opinion: Time for bloggers to gain protections afforded traditional media

donal brown March 2, 2010

With more of the public gaining their news from online sources rather than print media and using the social media to become more interactive and participatory in accessing the news, a CMLP blogger argues that bloggers should be entitled to the same protection as mainstream press. -db Citizen Media Law Project Commentary March 1, 2010 By Andrew Moshirnia Well, it turns out this whole Internet thing is getting pretty popular. According to the Pew Internet

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Southern California: Hospital settles open meeting lawsuit in cash settlement

donal brown March 2, 2010

The Tri-City Medical Center settled a lawsuit brought by former hospital executives who alleged that the hospital violated the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law. In agreeing to pay $300,000, the hospital did not admit violating the act. -db North County Times February 25, 2010 By Paul Sisson Tri-City Medical Center has settled a lawsuit brought by a group of former hospital executives who alleged Tri-City violated the state’s open meeting law, called the Brown

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Capistrano schools: Trustees push state open meeting law aside

donal brown March 2, 2010

The Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees met without notice on a Sunday for a closed meeting on employee negotiations. It’s legal in most cases but  does not promote public confidence. -db Capistrano Insider Commentary February 25, 2010 By Jonathan Volzke Yes, the Capistrano Unified School District trustees met Sunday. But apparently it wasn’t illegal. Trustees indeed met Sunday for a closed session without any public notice. That seems unusual, but there’s actually a

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