In Time for Sunshine Week, Walker Announces New Open Records Initiatives

By MacIver Institute - March 14, 2016

Executive Order, Open Government, Open Records Law, Open Records Requests, Openness, Scott Walker, Sunshine Week, Transparency

MacIver News Service – As part of the administration’s Sunshine Week initiatives, Gov. Scott Walker has signed Executive Order #189 into law. The executive order establishes new requirements for state agencies relating to open records requests, including a more definitive timeline for response time as well as a statewide public tracking system so that the public may compare agency responsiveness. Read More In Time for Sunshine Week, Walker Announces New Open Records Initiatives

And Darkness Descended Upon Wisconsin

By Brett Healy - July 5, 2015

Freedom of Information, Open Government, Open Records, Openness

by James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Despite the light of the full moon, darkness descended upon Wisconsin’s government. On Thursday night the Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee voted to gut Wisconsin’s open records law. In… Read More And Darkness Descended Upon Wisconsin

UPDATED Proposed Changes to Wisconsin’s Open Records Law Hinder Public Access, Scrutiny of Government

By Brett Healy - July 3, 2015

Open Government, Open Records, Open Records Law, Transparency

See MacIver and WILL’s statement on the changes made to the open records law Read More ***UPDATED*** Proposed Changes to Wisconsin’s Open Records Law Hinder Public Access, Scrutiny of Government

Finance 999 Wrap-Up Motion Exempts Legislature From Open Records Law

By Brett Healy - July 2, 2015

Budget, Joint Committee on Finance, Joint Finance, Open Government, Pork, Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Budget

The Joint Finance Committee’s wrap-up motion, known as the 999 motion, is 24 pages long and includes 67 different proposals. Read the entire proposal here. Read More Finance 999 Wrap-Up Motion Exempts Legislature From Open Records Law

A Look Into Questionable DOT Spending on Transparency Website OpenBook

By MacIver Institute - June 18, 2015

Budget, DOT, Open Government, OpenBook.wi.gov, State Budget, Transparency, Transportation, Waste, Wasteful Spending

MacIver Investigation – Another way Wisconsinites can analyze the financial decisions of Wisconsin’s state government is through OpenBook, an online tool that allows users to view payments made by the state to all sorts of vendors and for all kinds of purposes. MacIver thought it would be beneficial to peruse through DOT’s spending using this tool. Read More A Look Into Questionable DOT Spending on Transparency Website OpenBook