A college employee is accused of wrongdoing, and fights to keep his job. Rather than drag out the hostilities, both sides agree on a buyout, and the employee quietly goes away.Or maybe it's the other way around.
Tag: Transparency Tuesday
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: This just in… lawyers have to obey the law
Like it or not, attorneys who work on contract for government agencies -- and, it turns out, even those whose payment flows through government agencies' insurance companies -- must let the public know what they're charging for.That's the bottom line of a new ruling from the Wisconsin Supreme Court that comes just a few months after courts in California and Ohio reached the same conclusion.
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Six freedom-of-information resolutions every student journalist should make for 2013
There's nothing as empowering -- or maddening -- as a clean slate. What will you do with 2013? Drop those 15 pounds?
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: These FOI websites have free gifts just waiting to be unwrapped
At the SPLC, we think it's really touching that people arranged festive family get-togethers, decorated their homes, and canceled school and work just to celebrate Transparency Tuesday.
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: The early bird gets the worm, but the persistent requester gets the records
At a journalism workshop in San Francisco a few years back, a reporter for a small alternative newspaper shared her frustration with getting a local police agency to reply to what seemed like a reasonable request: How many complaints of police brutality do you receive, and what are their outcomes?The response?
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Social media policies have college athletic departments a-Twitter
College football and basketball players are often the most recognizable celebrities in their college towns (and for an elite few, well beyond). Their faces adorn media guides, and their likenesses and stats are featured in top-selling video games.But is there ever a time when athletes go "off duty" and regain the full privileges of adulthood?
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Is there a “debt bubble” ripe for bursting in your school district?
There's a temptation to think of bonds that the government floats to pay for big-ticket construction projects as "play money." You get a $20 million building and you only pay for a fraction of it -- this year, at least.
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Rank has its privileges. But government legal bills don’t.
Contractors who accept payment from the government -- to build stadiums, pave roads, operate cafeterias, or provide security guards -- must accept a little public snooping into their business practices as part of the bargain.
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Is your college well-endowed? Sometimes size matters.
At an estimated $31 billion, Harvard University's investment fund -- the largest in the nation -- is valued higher than the Gross Domestic Product of Paraguay, Bolivia or Jordan.
TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Trade surplus? “Imported” college students become a profit center.
"Getting tough on China" has become bumper-sticker material this campaign season, tapping into voter anxiety that America's trade imbalance with Asia equates to a loss of economic power.