The District of Columbia Mayor Gray Announces New Open Government Initiatives
Mayor of the District of Columbia Vincent C. Gray today announced the launch or advancement of six initiatives as part of his ongoing strategy to improve government transparency and accountability....
View ArticleWashington D.C. Marks First Open-Government Advisory Meeting
The District of Columbia’s Open Government Advisory Group may be only a month old but the 15-member group has already established bylaws and a working outline of short- and midterm projects for...
View ArticleMetro's secrecy highlight of D.C. Open Government Summit
The failure to share information with the public after a fatal electrical fire in a Metro tunnel dominated discussion at the annual D.C. Open Government Summit March 17. Journalists, civic activists...
View ArticleDC emergency dispatchers also slow to respond to FOIA requests
D.C.’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (FEMS) is regularly investigated for its inefficient responses to life-threatening emergencies. Recent examples include a man who collapsed next...
View ArticleD.C. police chief clashes with public advocates over body camera footage
When she testified at a hearing last month in favor of making police body-worn camera videos accessible to the public, the District’s chief open government advocate, Traci Hughes, suggested the police...
View ArticleD.C. FOIA Called Complex, Time-Consuming, Befuddling and Sometimes Fruitless...
Advocates for reform of DC Jail reported Thursday (11) on six recommendations about facilities and programs, but they save the seventh to blast the District government for how hard it had been to...
View ArticleWashington D.C.: Police body cam video to be available under FOIA
The D.C. Council insisted in the Budget Support Act passed June 30 that police body-worn camera video be subject to the Freedom of Information Act.read more
View ArticleD.C. Council wants to see public transparency for police body cameras
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s effort to outfit District police officers with body cameras hit a fresh obstacle Tuesday, when council members tried to block implementation of the program next year...
View ArticleTransparency Watch: Billions Spent on D.C. School Improvement Yet Auditor...
Sparkling new buildings are in the works in the ongoing modernization of D.C. schools, begun in 2006 and slated for $1.3 billion more in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s six-year plan. But the D.C. Council’s...
View ArticleQuestions remain about D.C. school modernization funds - Watchdog.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The agency in charge of school modernization mismanaged money, an audit shows, and questions about ensuring financial transparency and accountability remain. Some of the money, the...
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