After Tsunami of Public Comment, D.C. Charter Board Revises School Public...
By: Fritz MulhauserThe Public Charter School Board (PCSB), the policy board that governs all 120+ D.C. charter schools (through 60-some local edcation agencies, each of which also has its own board),...
View ArticleD.C. Charter School Transparency: Opponents Surface, While Advocacy Has A...
By: Fritz MulhauserAs the D.C. charter school board prepares for a second hearing (Monday, Feb. 25) on an expanded list of items schools must post, the issue went even more public in recent days.
View ArticleFOIA Online Request Portal Needs Overhaul: Coalition Testimony to D.C....
Ten thousand record requests each year reach D.C. government agencies, invoking the iconic open government law, the D.C. Freedom of Information Act or FOIA. But the journey is needlessly difficult,...
View ArticleClouds Over Sunshine Week: Closed D.C. Council Meeting Raises Questions With...
By: Fritz MulhauserIn the week celebrated nationwide to draw attention to open government (coinciding with the birthday of James Madison, an early champion), the D.C. Council last Tuesday (12) talked...
View ArticleRight to Know in D.C.: Press Wins One, Activist Loses Another, In Two Court...
By: Fritz MulhauserAfter eight months, The Washington Post has won its fight for release of police body-worn camera video showing the June 2017 traffic stop of D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr....
View ArticleCoalition Fights for Public Right to Hear (All of) What’s Going On In Trials
By: Fritz MulhauserIs a criminal trial “public” (as the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution requires) if the judge questions prospective jurors out of audience earshot?Jonathan Blades was headed for...
View ArticleTransparency Watch: Your D.C. Open Records Laws At Work
By: Fritz MulhauserChanges to the D.C. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to narrow records available and make them harder to get are on the D.C. Council agenda May 14, slipped by the chairman into a...
View ArticleThe Letter With Facts About Charter School Transparency the Washington Post...
By: Fritz MulhauserThe costs and burdens of allowing public access to charter school records in the District of Columbia seemed exaggerated in a Washington Post"Local Opinion"piece by Lis Kidder...
View ArticleD.C. Public Defender Sues for Records from Public Hearing on Officer...
By: Fritz MulhauserAre records of a public police discipline hearing, including the transcript and exhibits, to be locked away afterwards as though it never happened?MPD in March denied such a records...
View ArticleCoalition Urges (Again) That FOIA Be Expanded to Cover Charter Schools – And...
By: Fritz MulhauserThe D.C. Council has wrapped up the Fiscal Year 2020 budget but held an eight-hour hearing June 26 on process details – how to allocate and track education dollars flowing to schools...
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