Sentences with phrase «open government advocates»

The appointment of the 1977 University of North Carolina law school graduate is winning praise from open government advocates.

The New York City Council on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution amending its rules to require the Council Speaker to make available legislative tracking information data and discretionary funding data to the public in a machine - readable format, and City Council members and open government advocates see the changes as a basis for making legislative information available through an open API.

As part of the event, open government advocates Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Council member Ben Kallos discussed their transparency advocacy.

Reinvent Albany and other open government advocates welcomed today's launch of the «New York Open Government,» website by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

My colleague Bob Ambrogi has posted several times on open government advocate Carl Malamud's efforts to liberate all court documents from their password - protected chains.

Back in 2009, the late Reddit co-founder and internet activist Aaron Swartz collaborated with open government advocate Carl Malamud (founder of PublicResource.org) and a few others to create a better PACER.

Not exact matches

Trump on Wednesday conceded differences on North Korea with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who advocates keeping open the possibility of negotiations with Kim's authoritarian government.

To advocates of open government, these words were pure music.

NYPIRG formally protested the decision to block advocates for public financing of political campaigns from room in a letter to the Committee on Open Government.

In the past, reform advocates have had some praise for the Cuomo administration open government efforts.

Bill de Blasio, as Public Advocate, launched several notable Open Government initiatives under his Transparency and Accountability section of his website.

There the three prominent open and participatory government advocates who have signed up are Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, City Council member Ben Kallos and City Council member Brad Lander.

«The close results were an important message from advocates of open, progressive local government,» said Lindsley after her concession to Majestic.

«In his tenure in office he has held the line on taxes, stood up for our seniors, and has been an advocate for open and honest government...»

The government response to the places shortfall has largely been to advocate the opening of new free schools.

The coalition consists of citizens who advocate a more open and transparent government.

Launched online in early 2007, Wikileaks is run by an informal group of open government and anti-secrecy advocates who want to allow people living under oppressive regimes, or with something to say in...

As an advocate of open government, I worry that reports such as this serve the side of secrecy.

«Taft must release memos; Ohio Supreme Court further defines «executive privilege»»: The Columbus Dispatch today contains an article that begins, «The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday shot down Gov. Bob Taft's bid to keep secret more than 200 weekly memos from advisers, but open - government advocates said the decision also contains a dark omen for people seeking records from Taft and future governors.»

Cornell's Legal Information Institute is an inspiration to publishers, courts, and open - government advocates around the world.

Sunshine Week celebrates — and advocates for — the public's access to government information.Established by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, its marked by lots of organizations, from the National Archives to Open the Government.In an... Continue reading →

For years, American open - government advocates have complained about the lack of direct access to reports prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the policy research arm of the U.S. Congress.

In response to a question on how Torres Strait Islanders would be represented on the mainland under the new arrangements, OIPC also indicated to the Senate inquiry into the ATSIC Bill that «it is intended that there will be at least one Torres Strait Islander on the National Indigenous Council» and that it «is of course open to Torres Strait Islanders to establish their own representative bodies which could advocate their views to government» (79).

This leadership training program opened a door to advocating effectively on a local, state and national level with elected officials, government agencies and educational administrators in the areas of special education needs and developmental disability awareness.