MacIver News Service – In advance of National Sunshine Week, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council (WFIC) declared the winners of its annual Openness Awards on Thursday. Sunshine Week will be observed March 15-21 this year. Read More Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Unveils Transparency Award Winners
To remind lawmakers that open government is the best government, Mark Pitsch and the Society of Professional Journalists passed out Sunshine Week Fortune Cookies this week, including to Sen. Jon Erpenbach. Erpenbach is currently being sued by the MacIver Institute to release identifying information in emails from government employees who seemingly orchestrated a campaign against Act 10. Read More National Sunshine Week: Open those cookies, and more
March 16-22 is Sunshine Week. That’s the time of year when the mainstream news media applaud themselves for all they have done to create and promote open and transparent government. While many outlets have done some impressive work there remains one significant black mark on their record: Their support for the rogue operation that is The Government Accountability Board. Read More From Right Wisconsin: This Rogue State Agency Targets Conservative Speech
MacIver News Service | February 21, 2012 [Madison, Wisc…] Last Friday, Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess denied a request by the Walker campaign for more time to review recall petitions. Niess had earlier granted Walker a twenty-day extension beyond… Read More Organizing, Challenging Recall Signatures a Daunting Task; Less than One Week to Go
MacIver News Service | October 12, 2011 [Madison, Wisc…] Documents obtained by a State Representative and reviewed by the MacIver News Service reveal that UW Green Bay officials knew they would be rehiring Tom Maki as Vice Chancellor and openly… Read More Documents Reveal Fake Retirement Scheme at UW Green Bay