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El Paso case arguments address public business on private devices

2014-05-27T15:04:37-05:00

By Marty Schladen El Paso Times Originally published May 22, 2014 AUSTIN - The limits of Texas Public Information Act - and how El Paso city government has tested them - were the subject of arguments Thursday in an appellate court here. Attorneys argued about what duties governmental entities have to turn over communications about government business that officials create using personal accounts and devices. The case, argued before the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, stems from the controversy surrounding the El Paso City Council's 2012 decision to tear down the old City Hall and build a baseball stadium in [...]

El Paso case arguments address public business on private devices2014-05-27T15:04:37-05:00

Documents show Denton settled whistleblower lawsuit

2014-05-27T15:05:42-05:00

By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe Denton Record-Chronicle Originally published May 26, 2014 Denton has settled a three-year-old whistleblower lawsuit from a former Denton Municipal Electric employee, according to documents obtained by the Denton Record-Chronicle. Documents signed earlier this year showed the city agreed to pay Terry Jones $80,000 to settle the case. The city issued checks in March, including $5,000 to Jones for back pay and $60,000 in damages. Another $15,000 was issued to his attorney for court costs and legal fees. Denton County court records show the city had tried since 2012 to get the case thrown out, claiming the court had no [...]

Documents show Denton settled whistleblower lawsuit2014-05-27T15:05:42-05:00

FOI Spotlight: Mobile apps and public access in Texas government

2022-03-31T17:08:48-05:00

By Kelley Shannon FOI Foundation of Texas Executive Director AUSTIN _ Two Texas House committees met Wednesday to consider how to make more government records accessible to the public through mobile apps. The House Government Efficiency and Reform Committee held a joint hearing with the House Technology Committee and heard invited testimony from Texas state agency officials and a Florida state representative about how records are already being made available online and through mobile applications and how they might be in the future. Throughout the hearing, the question of cost arose. "The overlying theme is, it costs money to be transparent, [...]

FOI Spotlight: Mobile apps and public access in Texas government2022-03-31T17:08:48-05:00

Improperly worded agenda delays discussion of El Paso city manager selection

2014-05-20T15:17:47-05:00

By Cindy Ramirez El Paso Times Originally published May 19, 2014 A special council meeting intended to answer questions about the city manager selection process on Monday lasted only about 15 minutes when the city attorney said the agenda item was not properly worded. City Attorney Sylvia Borunda Firth advised the City Council that the agenda item was a discussion "concerning the quality of legal advice and performance of city attorney" and could not touch on the city manager selection process. "This is in nature a performance evaluation, so that's really all we can talk about," Firth said. She added that [...]

Improperly worded agenda delays discussion of El Paso city manager selection2014-05-20T15:17:47-05:00

Analysis: Hall saga begins with closed meeting, could end with a stage, spotlight

2014-05-16T14:36:05-05:00

By Ross Ramsey The Texas Tribune Originally published May 16, 2014 This episode of the Wallace Hall saga begins with state lawmakers holding a transparency meeting in private. Some groups objecting to that opacity are financed by donors they will not reveal, some of whom aim, as Hall does, to change the way things are done in higher education in Texas. And it could very well end with a stage, a spotlight and an audience for a government appointee who has been trying to bring attention to the practices of the state’s most prestigious public university. Hall, appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to [...]

Analysis: Hall saga begins with closed meeting, could end with a stage, spotlight2014-05-16T14:36:05-05:00

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