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Not all transparency experts talk trash about Recovery.gov

donal brown October 22, 2009

Some online transparency scholars working outside of Washington, D.C. are encouraged by features of the official Web site of Recovery.gov that tracks stimulus spending saying that they are impressed with the site’s ease of use. The site made its first post of stimulus data on October 15. -DB NextGov October 21, 2009 By Aliya Sternstein Some online transparency scholars who work outside Washington say they are pleased with the newly released accountability features on Recovery.gov, a

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To fight waste and fraud, tech experts call for real-time reporting on stimulus and bailout spending

donal brown October 22, 2009

Likening audits to delayed autopsies, a panel of technology specialists urged the government to make details of bailout money and stimulus spending available to the public without delay. They say so far real-time disclosure would have saved the taxpayers about $14 billion.  -DB NextGov October 20, 2009 By Gutham Nagesh The federal government can save billions of dollars in fraudulent and wasteful payments by changing the way it collects and stores data submitted by companies

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State supreme court rejects ‘ownership’ argument in dismissing defamation claim against Facebook

donal brown October 22, 2009

The New York Supreme Court ruled for Facebook in a suit brought by a student against former high school classmates and their parents after the classmates  had posted on Facebook alleged false and defamatory statements about her. The court held that Facebook was protected under the Communications Decency Act, did not own the defamatory content and was not responsible it. The suit continues against the individual defendants. -DB Citizen Media Law Project Analysis October 21,

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ACLU letter to Gates: Don’t use discretionary power to withhold torture photos

donal brown October 22, 2009

The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging him not to use discretionary power in a bill expected to be signed this week to keep secret photos of abuse of detainees held by the U.S. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press October 21, 2009 By Miranda Fleschert The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the secretary of defense not to exercise his authority to withhold photos

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Entertainment news editor protests LA sheriff’s search of his personal phone records

donal brown October 22, 2009

A Los Angeles editor of TMZ, an online entertainment news outlet, alleged that the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant for his personal phone records because TMZ had reported that Mel Gibson resisted arrest in 2006, a detail that the editor said the sheriff’s department tried to cover up. -DB LA Observed October 19 2009 By Kevin Roderick Venting in depth for the first time about official prying into his personal phone records,

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