Wired Opinion January 12, 2011 By Erik Malinowski Wired writer Erik Malinowski commends the National Football Leagues new website on the link between football and concussions for including details of progress made in combating brain injuries, helpful links and media stories about the issue but says it falters in its goal to spread the message by not allowing its content on other sites. -db
The Times-Standard January 4, 2011 By Allison White The Arcata City Council will examine actions of board members making assignments to the Humboldt Water Management Authority to ascertain if there was a “serial meeting” in violation California’s Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. -db
San Jose Mercury News December 28, 2010 By Bonnie Eslinger The San Mateo County district attorney is investigating allegations that Menlo Park councilmembers conducted a “serial meeting” over section of the town mayor in violation of California open meeting laws. -db
A recent poll found that the general public wants greater access in the way of online postings from local state and federal governments. Only 23.8 percent of governments have launched a data site. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press January 5, 2011 By Christine Beckett Online access to government data is not meeting the needs or expectations of the general public, a survey conducted by data aggregator Socrata found. The results of
Secrecy News’ Steve Aftergood argues that with the release of a deluge of classified records by WikiLeaks in recent months, it is time for the federal government to reexamine its policies on classification and release records that never should have been classified. -db Secrecy News Opinion December 16, 2010 By Steven Aftergood Faced with release of hundreds of thousands of classified records by Wikileaks in recent months, what should the government do? The best answer might