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October 19, 2010 by
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The has given the website the . This is the second year that the site has earned the award.
According to the Center for Digital Government, the site has been noted for it’s amount of educational material, being well organized, nice design, and streaming video clips with agendas and bill information.
Sunshine Review is also impressed with efforts. The state website earned an “A” transparency grade for proactively disclosing information online. We particularly liked to see the state posting its contract and salary data online, and hope that more states will follow Tennessee’s lead.
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May 5, 2009 by
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Here are a few transparency updates from around the nation.
* ILLINOIS: The generic cialis started an to display “Strategy, help and stories about getting public information in Illinois”. Good move from the Trib, since Chicago’s Mayor Daley .
Another IL piece worth reading is the . It mentions that Mill Creek Special Service Area is “absolutely deficient” when graded on the standards set forth in the .
* MICHIGAN: The Clare Sentinel published an excellent letter to the editor titled, “.” The letter demonstrates that school transparency is much easier than most people think. It takes just minutes per day!
* OKLAHOMA: , a fiscal watchdog group, lamented the lack of county transparency in the Sooner State, and regarding school districts.
* TENNESSEE: Governor Phil Bredesen , , that increases transparency by listing vendor payments and employee travel reimbursements and salaries.
* FEDERAL: President Obama is . According to the Heritage Foundation, these regulations make union officials more accountable to union members and deter fraud and embezzlement.
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June 4, 2008 by
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Drew Johnson, President of the , describes new “improvements” to the state’s Open Records Act in today’s Tennessean. Although the law demands citizen access to all state, county, and municipal records during all business hours, Johnson describes the of trying to view information.
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In the Tennessee legislature’s haphazard attempt to update the Open Records law, they specified a 7-day window for government to address information requests. However, they also piled on exemptions to the law, including exemptions for the legislature.
The question remains: What do TN legislators have to hide from their constituents?