Colin Donohue

From DavidsonNews.net (1/22/11): Town officials in Davidson are trying to figure out how to respond to a public records request from The Charlotte Observer for e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of citizens who subscribe to the town's e-mail and telephone alert services.

From the Greenville Daily Reflector (1/16/11): The Pitt County Board of Commissioners corrected a judgment error, and a likely violation of the state's Open Meetings Law, on Monday when it voted to release minutes from a recent closed session. It was in that session that members instructed the county attorney to withdraw support for the Pitt County Health Board's appeal of a court decision about the enforcement of the statewide smoking ban.

From the Beaufort Observer (1/4/10): This article is offered not as news but as documentation of how our school board violates the spirit of running our schools in a transparent manner. It is an on-going story so we'll just post it and file it away in the archives until an appropriate time.

From the Charlotte Observer (1/3/11): The city of Charlotte wants to give subscribers to its informational e-mail service more privacy by making it harder to obtain their e-mail addresses under the state's open records law.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (12/22/10): A Wake County judge's ruling Tuesday could make it easier for people to find out whether the N.C. Secretary of State is investigating a complaint about a lobbyist or sports agent. It also could allow the public to know whether any fines were levied if rules were violated.

From M2MPolitics.com (12/17/10): Former state Sen. David Hoyle was into his second term in the Senate when he took his first stand for open government.

From the Wilmington StarNews (12/26/10): North Carolina General Statute 132 allows the general public access to government documents – from town ordinances to e-mails between government officials.

Elon University Provost Steven House recently announced that School of Communications lecturer Randy Piland will serve as Elon's first Faculty Fellow for Technology beginning January 2011.