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Nursing Transparency in Former Soviet Republics

Kenneth F. Bunting | Posted 03.04.2013 | World
Read More: Democracy Now!, Open Meetings, Europe, First Amendment, Republic of Georgia, Foia, Kosovo, Ngo, State Department, Privacy, Public Records, Transparency, Constitution, Open Government, Nfoic, Freedom of Information, Foianet, World News
Kenneth F. Bunting

In this email response to the director of a freedom of information NGO in the Republic of Georgia, Giorgi Kldiashvili, civic-minded and engaged Americans may see little that is new to them. But, perhaps, it will serve as a reminder about the derivation of some of our precious freedoms.

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The Jindal End Run: 'E' in 'Email' Should Not Stand for 'Evasion'

Kenneth F. Bunting | Posted 02.19.2013 | Media
Read More: Louisiana, First Amendment Coalition, Cuts, Bobby Jindal, Associated Press, Mitt Romney, Email, Medicaid, Eliot Spitzer, Sarah Palin, Public Records, Cnn, Freedom of Information, Disclosure, Open Government, Nfoic, Don Lemon, Health Care, Media News
Kenneth F. Bunting

To avoid possible disclosure, Jindal's top advisors used personal email accounts while devising a communications strategy regarding hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid cuts.

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Once Public, Now Private?

Kenneth F. Bunting | Posted 10.10.2011 | Media
Read More: Supreme Court, Prison Reform, Nfoic, Video, Prison, Open Government, Violence, Freedom of Information Act, Autopsy, Privacy, Florence Colorado, Media News
Kenneth F. Bunting

It is well under the radar, but another important open government case may be making its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Sunshine Week: The Forecast is Mostly Cloudy

Kenneth F. Bunting | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Foia, Wisconsin, Gary Herbert, Open Government, Sunshine Week, Herbert, Utah, Public Records, Obama Openness, Open Meetings, State Legislatures, Grama, Nfoic, Media, Journalism, Cuillier, Missouri, University of Arizona, Politics News
Kenneth F. Bunting

Open government laws, in state after state, are being damaged and weakened, with increasing frequency, by new exclusions, loopholes and crazy exemptions that promote more secrecy and a lot less transparency.

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Remembering Barbara Jordan

Kenneth F. Bunting | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Barbara Jordan, Impeachment, Jerry LeVias, High School, Smu, Texas, Tcu, Nixon, Nfoic, Open Government, Freedom of Information, Politics News
Kenneth F. Bunting

Barbara Charline Jordan, who would have turned 75 this month, was certainly no ordinary freshman. Her debut in Congress in 1973 has never before or since been equaled.

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