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Newspaper publisher association urges newspapers to defend Brown Act

donal brown June 7, 2010

Noting that the state legislature is currently considering weakening provisions of the Brown Act, the California Newspaper Publishers Association has asked newspapers to run editorials in support of fully funding the Brown Act so that government agencies must post an agenda 72 hours in advance and then stick to it. -db California Newspaper Publishers Association Opinion June 4, 2010 Like budget crises past, the governor and legislature are again considering suspension of the reimbursable state

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San Diego schools admits to error in alerting media of two meetings

donal brown June 7, 2010

After a prompting from a reporter, the San Diego Unified School District acknowledged that they had to post and notify the media of all meetings 24 hours in advance. The Board of Trustees had posted notices for two meetings properly but failed to give the media adequate notice. -db San Diego News Network Opinion June 3, 2010 By Marsha Sutton The first notice received on Wed. at 3:57 p.m. notified the media of a special

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San Leandro schools holds up action on new superintendent’s title for public comment

donal brown June 7, 2010

The San Leandro School Board approved a contract for a new superintendent but did not remove the interim tag from his title so that the public could have a chance to give their input on the promotion. -db East Bay The Citizen.com June 3, 2010 By Steven Tavares San Leandro Interim Superintendent Cindy Cathey received a new contract through June 2011. The San Leandro School Board unanimously approved Cathey’s contract, but did not remove the

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Transparency presents challenges for citizens

donal brown June 3, 2010

Nick Judd of techPresident writes that open data alone does not allow the public to participate meaningfully. The citizenry needs training in assessing the reliability of  data and also in interpreting it. -db techPresident May 26, 2010 By Nick Judd This morning, danah boyd summed up the problem with the open data movement in a simple declarative statement: “Transparency alone is not the great equalizer.” Delivering a short keynote at the Gov 2.0 Expo here

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First Amendment: State attorneys general sign ‘friend of court’ brief in Marine funeral suit

donal brown June 3, 2010

Nearly every state in the union is backing the family of a Marine in a Supreme Court case pitting the rights of the Westboro Baptist Church to picket their son’s funeral against the family’s right to privacy. -db ABC News May 31, 2010 By Devin Dwyer WASHINGTON, D.C. – Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia are backing the family of fallen Marine Matthew Snyder in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case that could decide

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