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Federal transparency: Agencies may not be able to deliver readable formats

donal brown September 14, 2009

New Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra wants government agencies to provide data in formats that the public can download, search and manipulate to analyze government actions, but some information experts think there are serious obstacles to providing that information in machine-readable formats. -DB NextGov September 11, 2009 By Aliya Sternstein E-government specialists say it is unreasonable for the White House to call on agencies to release existing government data in machine-readable formats as part

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Open transit data policies benefit public

donal brown September 14, 2009

Open transit data policies benefit public EFF Technology Manager Time Jones argue that making transit schedule data available to independent software developers does a lot more for the public good than treating the information as intellectual property. -DB http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/who-controls-data-about-public-transportation Electronic Frontier Foundation Commentary September 10, 2009 By Tim Jones How should city transit authorities treat independent software developers who make use of public schedule data? What approach results in the best experience for their passengers

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California: State fair practices commission goes online with notices of investigations

donal brown September 14, 2009

Rejecting claims they were unfairly exposing people who could well be innocent, the Fair Political Practices Commission said they would continue to post warning letters about possible violations of the Political Reform Act, a practice began August 31. The information has always been available upon request. -DB The Sacramento Bee September 11, 2009 By Andrew McIntosh Members of the state’s political watchdog agency rejected calls Thursday to immediately suspend the publication of its warning letters

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New online database shows excessive Bay Area public agency salaries

donal brown September 3, 2009

The Bay Area News Group has established an online database of salaries of government employees in counties, cities and districts. The records show that some employees are getting excessively high salaries negotiated when governments had more money. -DB Contra Costa Times August 30, 2009 By Thomas Peele A public health care district in southern Alameda County paid its chief executive $876,831 in 2008 — more than twice as much as any other local government employee

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Modesto: Newspaper sues for county pension records

donal brown September 3, 2009

The Modesto Bee is suing to obtain records from the Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association of pension records that would show which public retirees are getting the most lucrative pensions. -DB Modesto Bee August 29, 2009 By Ken Carlson The Modesto Bee is seeking a court order to compel the Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association to disclose records on the most lucrative pensions of public service retirees. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Stanislaus County Superior

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