Delaware Gov. Markell supports increase transparency requirements for lobbyists
From StateIntegrity.org Delaware is the latest state to take action on improving its Corruption Risk Report Card grade. With a C- overall grade, Delaware ranked 22nd out of 50 states in the State...
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for August 24, 2012
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:Judge to hear arguments in public records...
View ArticleDelaware Chancery Court appeals ban on private arbitration
From The News Journal:WILMINGTON – The Delaware Court of Chancery is asking the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate its controversial private arbitration process that critics have called a...
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for May 3, 2013
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to check out...
View ArticleLaw ignored, critics say
Delawareonline.com: A group tasked with finding improvements to the state’s charter school system may have violated open meetings laws, according to a report from the Attorney General’s Office. That...
View ArticleBiden's office says charter study group broke open-meeting laws
From DelawareOnline.com: A group created by Gov. Jack Markell violated the state’s open meetings law last year when it did not keep minutes or open its meetings to the public, an Attorney General’s...
View ArticleResidents question town manager's meetings
From delmarvanow.com: DEWEY BEACH — Citizens express concern about Town Manager Marc Applebaum’s meetings with members of the local business community, saying he should be subjected to open meeting...
View ArticleDelaware judges can’t do secret arbitrations, court rules
From Bloomberg: Delaware’s Chancery Court, the country’s leading venue for securities litigation, can’t be used for secret arbitration proceedings in business disputes, a federal appeals court ruled....
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for October 25, 2013
From NFOIC: A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to...
View ArticleDelCOG scores major transparency victory
From NFOIC: A federal appeals court has agreed with NFOIC’s Delaware-based member organization, the Delaware Coalition for Open Government, that Delaware’s Chancery Court judges’ practice of...
View ArticleFirst deadline in Delaware chancery's 'secret' arbitration lawsuit passes...
From DelawareOnline.com: Attorneys for the Delaware Court of Chancery have let one appeal deadline pass without acting in the lawsuit over the court’s “secret” arbitration program that two federal...
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