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Federal judge scraps provisions of San Diego’s campaign-finance laws

donal brown February 25, 2010

In accordance with the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Citizens United case, a federal judge struck down several provisions of San Diego’s campaign-finance law and particularly a ban on contributions from political parties and a $500 cap on donations to independent expenditure committees. -db Courthouse News Service February 23, 2010 By Annie Youderian (CN) – A federal judge in San Diego struck down several provisions of the city’s campaign-finance laws, including a $500 cap

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Federal government agencies: Transparency watch group assesses open data web pages

donal brown February 23, 2010

OMB Watch designated “leaders and laggards” after it conducted a study of government web pages designed to give citizens access to crucial information. -db OMB Watch February 23, 2010 Complying with requirements of the Open Government Directive (OGD), federal agencies launched transparency pages on their websites Feb. 6. The content and functionality of the pages varied from non-compliant to barely compliant to above and beyond expectations. OMB Watch conducted an assessment of the webpages between

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San Diego planning task force accused of violating California’s open government law

donal brown February 23, 2010

Community members involved in planning for San Diego have expressed concerns about an advisory committee with a large representation of builders and developers. They claim the committee’s meetings were not adequately publicized. -db San Diego Uptown News February 20, 2010 By David Harvey At the San Diego City Council’s Land Use and Housing (LU&H) committee meeting on Feb. 3, representatives from the city’s community planning groups asked the committee to postpone action on a Development

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Federal archivist calls for reform on declassification policy and procedure

donal brown February 22, 2010

According to Michael J. Kurtz, Assistant Archivist at the National Archives, the backlog of records awaiting declassification will continue to grow until classification policies are changed. -db Secrecy News American Federation of Scientists Opinion February 22, 2010 By Steven Aftergood Executive branch agencies have spent more than a billion dollars on declassification of government records in recent years, but the results have been unsatisfactory, requiring a change in declassification policy and procedure. “Between 1997 and

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White House tech officer challenges Tea Party activists to join transparency movement

donal brown February 22, 2010

The White House technology officer has challenged Republicans and Tea Party activists to a competition to establish greater transparency in government. -db The Hill February 22, 2010 By Kim Hart In an ironic twist, the White House is inviting the Tea Party movement to challenge it on government transparency. White House Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin said Republicans and conservative Tea Party activists should strive to push the administration to make its policies more open.

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