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California: Salinas study sessions on key issues claimed to promote transprency

donal brown February 8, 2011

The Salinas mayor wants to address thorny problems such as damaged sidewalks, graffiti and prostitution in a series of council study sessions with an emphasize on solving problems through staff recommendations and greater access to background information. Council members will be responsible for two district meetings each year, and the mayor can opt to hold town meetings to discuss citywide issues. From The Californian, February 8, 2011, by Kimer Solana-Ksolana. Full Story

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WikiLeaks defectors starts new Web site for leaked information

donal brown February 8, 2011

After a falling out with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a number of his former colleagues have started a Web site that does not handle leaked documents but instead acts as a pipeline from leakers to the media and human rights organizations. The new organization hopes to forego the histrionics surrounding WikiLeaks, conduct itself with transparency and avoid stating personal and political preferences on the site. -db From The New York Times, February 6, 2011, by

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California: Oxnard public agency charged with violating open meeting law

donal brown February 7, 2011

The Ventura County District Attorney has concluded that the Economic Development Corporation (EDOC) of Oxnard violated the state open meeting law, the Brown Act, when it canceled a special meeting then reconvened it 20 minutes later. The DA’s office issued an order that the violation be corrected by rescheduling the meeting and revoting on the meeting’s item. The president of the EDCO agreed with the DA that the violation was unintentional and has scheduled a

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Congressman wants tracking of requests of Freedom of Information Act

donal brown January 30, 2011

The New York Times January 28, 2011 By Eric Lipton Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of California wants to promote transparency by collecting the names of citizens requesting copies of federal government documents, but while ordinarily embracing transparency and Issa’s goal of making agencies respond fairly and expediently, civil libertarians are worried that the information could be used against the citizens making the requests. -db

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