» Transparency Issues Call When One BlackBerry Isn't Enough
06/02/10 16:23 from Open Government News RSS Feeds
Vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's routine use of two BlackBerry devices, one with a state account and one with a personal account, raises questions about the intertwining of official and private business, the Anchora..

» Michigan County Begins Redacting SSN Data on All Records Released
06/02/10 16:23 from Open Government News RSS Feeds
The clerk's office in Oakland County, MI, has initiated a policy of blackout out Social Security Numbers on any documents requested by the public. Clerk Ruth Johnson said some 30 standard forms used by county clerks in Michigan required use..

» South Dakota Posts Government Financial, Personnel Records Online
06/02/10 16:23 from Open Government News RSS Feeds
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds unveiled a searchable website of state records, including 106,000 financial and personnel documents. The governor had vetoed a bill requiring the posting of the data six months earlier but at the time committed..

» Just What Is the Public Getting With Its Bailout Bucks
06/02/10 16:23 from Open Government News RSS Feeds
Now that the nation's taxpayers are the owners of the two mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government's overseer, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, should open the books, the New York Times Gretchen Morgenson writes. That ..

» Federal Judge Orders Unsealing of Confidential Drug Data
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A federal judge in Brooklyn ordered the unsealing of confidential materials related to Eli Lilly's antipsychotic drug, Zyprexa. Judge Jack B.Weinstein cited "the health of hundreds of thousands of people" using the drug and "fundamental que..