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  • Sunshine Week

    It’s Sunshine Week, and it doesn’t have anything to do with the weather, which is gorgeous by the way. No, Sunshine Week is a week dedicated to openness and transparency in Government, something that all too often is given lip service, but not actually followed through with. If the ability of the people, to be…

  • Sunshine in Memphis – Part 3

    On Monday I talked about the online transparency efforts of the City of Memphis. Yesterday we touched on Shelby County Government. Today I want to focus on the Shelby County Election Commission. Before I begin, I have to say that nearly every interaction that I have had with the staff of the Election Commission has…

  • Sunshine in Memphis – Part 2

    Yesterday, I talked about the online transparency of the Memphis City government, today I want to touch on the online transparency efforts of the Shelby County government. First of all, the Shelby County Government’s site is a good deal more visually appealing than the Memphis site, but just as cluttered. The front page does, at…

  • Sunshine In Memphis – Part 1

    As Newscoma noted earlier today, this week is Sunshine week. While I know we all get bombarded with “weeks” that are supposed to symbolize something, or highlight a cause, Sunshine week is really important to me. Sunshine week is about making government as accessible as possible, not only to journalists, but also to regular people.…