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Commentary: Kentucky's open door on government transparency is closing
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (225+ words) Editor's Note: In addition to Caleb O. Brown, this commentary was co-authored by Amye Bensenhaver, Kate Miller, and Heather Le Mire. Kentucky built its Open Records Act on a simple, powerful premise: that free and open examination of public records is…...
Question everything. Screenshot everything.
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (907+ words) Let me be clear. I love Lake Lure. The beauty and the people, even those who may not like my reporting. The most important story in Lake Lure right now may not be what's in the water. It may be…...
PM fund records questioned
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (328+ words) The Office of the Prime Minister told a parliamentary committee that financial records for the Prime Minister's Disaster Fund are maintained by the Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development. Monday 08 June 2026 | 21: 00 Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence chairperson Lenora…...
CEC Gyanesh Kumar calls on voters to secure voter ID for transparent elections
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (410+ words) Published On: Jun 2, 2026 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has urged citizens to ensure they are registered voters and possess valid voter identification, emphasising that a cleansed electoral roll forms the foundation of transparent elections. Speaking on Monday after visiting the…...
Fun with FOIA
12+ hour, 4+ min ago (184+ words) The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act or FOIA has been mostly unchanged since it was signed in 1967 by Governor Winthrop Rockefeller. Our FOIA law is one of the strongest in the country. The law allows any Arkansas resident to access…...
Deepfakes, Chatbots, AI-Generated Text: European Commission Details Transparency Obligations Under the AI Act
13+ hour, 25+ min ago (245+ words) The stakeholder consultation period for the draft guidelines closed on 3 June 2026. The underlying obligations of the AI Act as currently in force will become applicable on 2 August 2026, subject to targeted transitional relief for the Article 50(2) marking and detection obligations contemplated…...
Public scrutiny key to fiscal governance, says FRC
20+ hour, 14+ min ago (465+ words) The Fiscal Responsibility Commission says public scrutiny remains crucial to strengthening fiscal governance. The acting chairman of the FRC, Charles Abana, said this on Monday in Abuja. Mr Abana noted that transparent oversight promoted accountability, curbed corruption and ensured prudent…...
The House's anti-transparency bill
13+ hour, 18+ min ago (398+ words) by Jim Stergios and Mary Connaughton, Common Wealth Beacon June 8, 2026 MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS SPOKE clearly in passing a 2024 ballot question: The state auditor should have authority to audit the Legislature. The House's response last week was not to honor that mandate,…...
We're running a Freedom of Information Workshop
22+ hour, 53+ min ago (548+ words) Staff at a Leicester SEN school are to escalate strike action amid growing calls to reinstate a colleague currently under investigation Join us for our first public Freedom of Information Workshop Dear readers " earlier this year our journalists successfully forced…...
TISL concerned by delays in RTI Commission appointments
22+ hour, 52+ min ago (379+ words) Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) says that the Right to Information (RTI) Commission, which is the central appellate and monitoring body established under the Right to Information Act of Sri Lanka, has been unable to function without its commissioners for…...