Sentences with phrase «open government executive»

WOODSTOCK >> Disputes involving the Woodstock Library brought state Committee on Open Government Executive Director Robert Freeman to the town Wednesday for a discussion of state law providing for open meetings and public access to records.

A Freedom of Information Law request for the video initially was rejected by the town, but Town Attorney Jason Kovacs said his recommendation changed after reading an opinion from state Committee on Open Government Executive Director Robert Freeman.

Capital appealed this denial on October 6, and sought an advisory opinion from Committee on Open Government Executive Director Bob Freeman, an independent state body charged with promoting transparency and offering advisory opinions that carry weight in court.

Not exact matches

«While we remain open to finding some reasonable solutions to address the government's concern, we do expect this case will ultimately be litigated in court,» Chief Executive Randall Stephenson told analysts on a conference call.

Robert «Bob» Iger, chief executive officer of Walt Disney Co., greets government officials during the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Disney Resort in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, June 16, 2016.

If something is too big to fail, government should take it under administration, paying some minimal price to the current owners, firing all the executives without severance packages (set laws so that they have rights as in bankruptcy), stabilize and bail out the firm, and sell it on open market.

An executive with Kansas City - based PayIt has departed the company to open an area office for another government tech firm.

The open letter will be sent to all four governments of the UK and in particular to: Jane Ellison (Minister for Public Health), Ben Gummer (Minister for Care Quality), Duncan Selbie (Chief Executive, Public Health England) and Simon Stevens (Chief Executive of NHS England).

Cuomo met with Co-Chairs Bill Lipton, Karen Scharff and Executive Director Dan Cantor on Dec. 4, according to the schedules posted on Cuomo's open government website.

Since joining Open Rights Group as its Executive Director in January 2009, Jim Killock has led campaigns against three strikes and the Digital Economy Act, the company Phorm and its plans to snoop on UK users, and against pervasive government Internet surveillance.

«That database is limited,» said Robert Freeman, the executive director of the Committee on Open Government.

The executive director of the state's Committee on Open Government who reporters and members of the public frequently turn to for his encyclopedic knowledge on freedom of information laws told the Capital Tonight team he's on vacation.

(Airs 5/28 & 5/30) WAMC's Alan Chartock talks with Robert Freeman, Executive Director of the NYS Committee on Open Government.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano declares in the opening seconds of his campaign commercial for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo: «As long as I can remember, state government never worked — and certainly never helped Long Island.»

Assemblyman Daniel J. O'Donnell, a Manhattan Democrat and former criminal defense attorney, said he never knew about the statute, which is known as «50 - A,» until he attended a state committee meeting a few years ago where Robert J. Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, called for its repeal.

The governor spoke at the opening of a three - day retreat for members of the Lagos State Executive Council, Body of Permanent Secretaries and heads of government agencies in Epe.

As Robert Freeman, executive director of the New York State Committee on Open Government, has said in several opinions regarding the disclosure of pistol permit data beyond names and addresses, «the only instance in which records must be withheld would involve the case in which a statute prohibits disclosure.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., Senator Joseph A. Griffo, Senator David Valesky, Member of Assembly Claudia Tenney, Marcy Supervisor Brian Scala, and City of Rome Mayor James F. Brown joined leaders and members of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association and other local elected officials today to announce that they are assembling a strategy to show state government that the four state prisons located in Oneida County are cost - effective and should be kept open.

Congratulations to Governor Cuomo and his staff for his March 11th Executive Order instructing state agencies and authorities controlled by the governor to «Use technology to promote transparency, improve government performance, and enhance citizen engagement» via a new open data initiative and website.

Romine said advice from the state Committee on Open Government told him «you can not go into executive session for simply somebody casually mentioning or even threatening a law suit.

But Robert J. Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, said the bill would make it difficult to use handgun data for demographic purposes, and would roll back the trend of technology making it easier for the public to reap the benefits of FOIL.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro said, «The continued recognition of the dedicated work of our County's Office of Central and Information Services (OCIS), led by Commissioner Glenn Marchi, further demonstrates our efforts to create a more open and engaging platform for our residents to readily access information and communicate with county government.

Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell, chair of the Correction Committee in his house; and Bob Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government; co-authored an OpEd urging the repeal of a law that treats police and correction officers differently from all other public employees when it comes to FOIL.

Robert Freeman, executive director of the State Committee on Open Government, said the FOI law mandates the release of factual and statistical information that is presumably contained in the analysis.

The long - simmering, often nasty, behind - the - scenes antipathy between Assemblyman Kevin Cahill and County Executive Mike Hein erupted in open warfare last week over Cahill's blocking of a sales - tax extension that Hein says could cost Ulster County governments some $ 25.6 million in revenue.

Rolison was only one of a number of candidates tapped by Republicans Wednesday during a convention that was, for a time, closed to the public and press in move that Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, said was violation of state election law.

Douglas Kellner, a Democrat, agrees with the advisory opinion by Bob Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, that the records should be released.

In August 2016, in response to a request by the Times Union, the executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, Robert Freeman, said in an advisory opinion that Cuomo's office and the state department of Housing and Community Renewal should not hold back from release otherwise public documents based merely on the contention that they might relate to the federal probe of upstate development deals.

Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, had previously issued an advisory opinion determining the records should be made available.

What if you had a thriving open government / civic tech community and somehow a new chief executive or legislative body did not want to continue its predecessors» investment?

The Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government has released a somewhat eye - opening report regarding executive sessions in Western New York.

It might seem like piling on, but the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government said it had started working on its report about public authority websites long before the recent reports of a so - called Golden Parachute for the executive director of the Erie County Water Authority.

«We don't know who will evaluate the reason,» says Bob Freeman, Executive Director of New York State's Committee on Open Government, which according to its website, advises the public on «Freedom of Information, Open Meetings, and Personal Privacy Protection Laws.»

Robert Freeman, executive director of the New York State Committee on Open Government, said the redaction of notations about Mangano or any other official being out of the office on a particular day or week «would not be consistent with law.»

The ethics officials informed Woodstock Times that, pursuant to an opinion from Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, the board would vote to conduct the hearing in an executive session that would be closed to the public, including the press.

Last fall Bob Freeman, executive director of the state committee on open government, advised the village that it could charge for excessively detailed requests.

Political observers suggest Gibson's decision not to run opens the door for Molinaro to consider a run for the seat: the County exec says he's dedicated to local issues... for now... «I'm in the final year of my first term as County Executive and in New York State, county governments are facing great challenges.

The proposals originated with the state's Committee on Open Government, whose executive director Robert Freeman recently argued that the release of public information has in many ways been limited more by Cuomo than any of his predecessors.

New York State Board of Elections commissioners have also broken ranks, with one of the four statewide officials agreeing with the advisory opinion by Bob Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, that the records should be released.

«We've talked to the Cuomo administration about this, and we simply disagree,» said Robert Freeman, the executive director of the Committee on Open Government.

We'll also talk with Robert Freeman, executive director of the New York State Committee on Open Government.

Attorney Robert Freeman, executive director of the New York State Committee on Open Government, has been answering such questions for reporters and the general public from his office in Albany for more than 35 years.

At the opening of the meeting, Chairman Tony L. Earl announced that County Executive Ed Day had officially rescinded his proposal to withdraw from the health plan NYSHIP and enroll with AETNA, a move that would have changed the health care provider for over 2,000 retired government workers.

In an advisory opinion sought by the Talk of the Sound and published on June 10, 2010, the New York State Committee on Open Government has informed the City Council of New Rochelle that the given reason for going into executive session is not valid.

«It's hardly the highest standard when the response of the administration, in my opinion, is inconsistent with law,» said Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, which provides guidance on the state's Freedom of Information law.

Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, which is a statewide coalition that champions open, honest and accountable government, said, «Public officials who break the law shouldn't get a taxpayer pension, period.»

Last month, he vetoed two FOIL bills supported by reform groups and the Committee on Open Government, whose executive director recently said Cuomo's release of public information has been in many ways more limited than under any of his predecessors.

Robert Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, has said youthful - offender provisions do not apply when the charge involves a felony.

The councilman added that Robert Freeman, the executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, has expressed support for the right of elected officials to speak freely on issues of interest to them and their constituents.

It was also an opening shot in the executive director search, specifically whether the hire would come from outside New York government, as the legislative appointees said they favored.