Encouraging early signs out of Colorado that requiring police agencies to promptly release body-cam video of violent interactions with the public can be part of reforming the culture of policing.
What the Rest of America Can Learn From Colorado
One year after widespread protests, state reforms have brought accountability to policing, if not an end to brutality.
www.theatlantic.com
.@BrechnerCenter's @FrankLoMonte, @sganim and Daniel Delgado will speak on data deserts, higher education transparency and public documents behind pay walls. https://twitter.com/NFOIC/status/1433240366950633473
Keep calm, the #FOISummit21 has what you need. Join us Sept 28th-30th to learn what the pandemic has taught us and how we can create new FOI strategies. Register at http://nfoic.org.
Cleveland's city council has been short-circuiting public participation by declaring just about every ordinance since March 2020 an "emergency" -- even one for building a statue. https://www.theclevelandobserver.com/the-pace-of-passage-how-quickly-city-council-makes-laws-and-what-that-means-for-clevelanders/
Column: What was won, and lost, when JMU admitted its negligence in failing to track COVID-19 cases on campus.
LFE | We lost, and what that means
Editor-in-Chief Jake Conley discusses what the dismissal of his petition against JMU means.
www.breezejmu.org
Still time to sign up to join me, @alamynsumar, @MatthewSchafer and more for Friday's free Constitution Day webinar about journalism under fire in the U.S., and how press freedoms can be defended and fortified.
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Column: Chicago schools need both the technology and the culture to gather and share accurate data about student performance. "We need accessible data on how students are being supported and how they are responding."
Stronger data ‘culture' would reinforce educational equity
The pandemic made it clear that Illinois lacks the robust data systems to measure and evaluate problems that can ...
www.chicagobusiness.com
Well-earned recognition from @spj_tweets for Kathryn Foxhall's career-long crusade to unleash the voices of public employees, shackled by constitutionally dubious "gag rules."
Foxhall named Wells Key winner for work against controls on reporters through public information offices
The Society of Professional Journalists honors Kathryn Foxhall with the Wells Memorial Key. This award is the highes...
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.@aliaemily's data project backed by the @BrechnerCenter showed the country's largest schools couldn't say much about which students were missing last year -- raising Qs about whether they are ready to catch kids up. With @usatoday Network assist: https://bit.ly/3lf79Mp
Stellar lineup taking shape for the annual @NFOIC summit -- now entirely online so no excuse for missing out. Register today and get all the latest on what's going on in the field of government transparency. https://whova.com/web/natio_202109/