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Environmental Protection Agency stonewalls on hazards of New Mexico landfills

donal brown May 6, 2010

According to a report from the EPA Inspector General, the EPA circumvented the Freedom of Information Act by not keeping records and marking unclassified records as confidential. The EPA blocked efforts of a New Mexico group investigating hazardous landfills and Albuquerque’s groundwater. -db Secrecy News Federation of American Scientists May 5, 2010 By Steven Aftergood Officials of the Environmental Protection Agency intentionally stopped keeping records concerning potentially hazardous landfills in New Mexico in order to

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Cal State Stanislaus admits to possessing Palin speech documents

donal brown May 6, 2010

After saying they had no records pertaining to Sarah Palin’s contract for a speech at a fundraising event, officials at California State University Stanislaus copped to possessing “800 to 900” documents. -db California Watch May 5, 2010 By Lance Williams Is the open government ruckus over Sarah Palin’s speaking fee in Turlock sputtering toward a conclusion? Terry Francke of Californians Aware, the First Amendment group that is trying to pry loose a copy of Palin’s

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Two California urban counties and the state government gain high marks for transparency

donal brown May 3, 2010

After a nationwide analysis of government websites, the Sunshine Review awarded 57 state and local governments and their agencies top scores for transparency. -db Sunshine Review Press Release April 29, 2010 The best state and local government websites in America for transparency today received a “Sunny Award” from Sunshine Review. Two California counties were among those winning recognition. The Los Angeles County website was among 16 state governments and local or state agencies to receive

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Federal prosecutors complain that judge is blocking criminal probe of school webcam spying

donal brown April 27, 2010

A federal district judge has ordered that evidence be restricted to those connected to a civil lawsuit charging invasion of privacy when a school district spied on students using school-issued webcams. Federal prosecutors has asked the judge to modify the order so they can conduct a criminal investigation of the district. -db Wired April 26, 2010 By David Kravets Prosecutors are claiming that a federal judge is hampering a criminal investigation into a webcam scandal

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Lassen County: Charter school called to task denied request to keep records private

donal brown April 27, 2010

The Westwood Unified School district has demanded that Westwood Charter School take immediate steps to correct alleged violations of California law and to provide an extensive list of documents concerning management, the budget, personnel, and student progress. -db Lassen County Times April 27, 2010 Westwood Charter School must provide all requested documents, take steps to cure and correct alleged violations of California law and make sweeping and significant management changes if it hopes to keep

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