Transparency

Abbott reverses course, says execution drug supplier name can be kept secret

2014-05-30T15:24:25-05:00

By Nomaan Merchant and Michael Graczyk Associated Press, via U.S. News and World Report Originally published May 30, 2014 DALLAS (AP) — Texas can keep secret the name of its supplier for its execution drugs, the state attorney general determined after law enforcement argued that suppliers face serious danger. In the decision, Attorney General Greg Abbott's Office cited a "threat assessment" signed by Texas Department of Public Safety director Steven McCraw that says pharmacies selling execution drugs face "a substantial threat of physical harm." Thursday's decision was a reversal for the state's top prosecutor on an issue being challenged in several [...]

Abbott reverses course, says execution drug supplier name can be kept secret2014-05-30T15:24:25-05:00

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

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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