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Kern school district challenged on Brown Act violations in plan to lay off teachers

donal brown March 18, 2010

The Kern High School District wants to lay off ten teachers after cuts in federal funds, but the teachers claim the district has not disclosed the details of the layoffs and so is acting in violation of the Brown Act, the state’s open government law. -db Bakersfield Now March 17, 2010 By Eyewitness News staff BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Kern High School District plans to lay off about ten more teachers because of cuts to

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Staffing at federal agencies inadequate to deliver on Recovery Act funding

donal brown March 16, 2010

OMB Watch says a report from the groups charged with Recover Act oversight reveals that federal agencies are drastically overworked and under pressure to spend stimulus funds rapidly. The report does not touch on how the agencies are doing to make their work transparent, but OMB Watch says the problem of understaffing should be addressed to avoid waste and fraud and enable the agencies to fulfill transparency requirements. -db OMB Watch Opinion March 15, 2010

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Study of FBI documents shows censorship withheld harmless information

donal brown March 16, 2010

The Electronic Frontier Foundation argues that in the face of Freedom of Information Act requests, federal agencies hide their activities in excessive secrecy in spite of Obama administration directives to the agencies to make a “presumption of openness” in implementing FOIA requests. -db Electronic Frontier Foundation Commentary March 15, 2010 By David L. Sobel As the transparency community celebrates Sunshine Week, we here at EFF are reminded that most of the federal agencies we seek

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Secret report says Wikileaks a security threat to army

donal brown March 16, 2010

A classified intelligence report published on Wikileaks calls the site a “threat to the U.S. Army” and says it publishes information gained from leakers in the Defense Department or government that could be used to target military personnel. The report recommends identifying the leakers to end the threat to U.S. forces. -db Wired March 15, 2010 By David Kravets Wikileaks presents a “threat to the U.S. Army” and publishes “potentially actionable information” for targeting military

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Public sides with Obama on tiff with Supreme Court over corporation money in elections

donal brown March 16, 2010

With the polls showing that 80 percent of the public is against unleashing special interest money in elections, analysts suggest that the president and others may have some leeway in stemming the effect of the Supreme Court’s  recent decision allowing unrestricted spending for and against political candidates. -db The Atlanta Journal-Constitution March 15, 2010 By Cynthia Tucker The political process is already awash in money and lobbyists who have the ear of members of Congress,

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