The 2009 annual Sunshine Week survey of government information available online is in and the results are interesting. Results were based on reviews of government web sites in every state to determine the availability of 20 different kinds of public records. The public record types researched include disciplinary actions against attorneys and doctors, inspection [...]
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Sunshine Week Analysis
March 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: FOIA · Mississippi · New Jersey · Texas · federal · states
Housing Discrimination Database
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Does your state or county of a history of discrimination? Despite all the progress made in our country, discrimination is still a fact of life in many arenas. One place where discrimination remains present is in housing. There is a law called the Fair Housing Act (FHA) which actually prohibits discrimination in housing based on [...]
Tags: New Links · Using Public Records · federal
Oversight of the Treasury Bailout Plan
February 10th, 2009 · No Comments
As the economy continues to be at the forefront of many Americans’ concerns, President Obama and Congress continue to wrestle with various solutions. The government’s initial efforts at correcting the country’s financial problems came under President Bush’s administration in the form of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) which promised approximately $350 billion to [...]