NC Open Government

From DigTriad.com (11/5/12): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill completed its records release Monday, fully complying with an N.C. Supreme Court order and settlement agreement with media outlets.

From the Durham Herald-Sun (11/3/12): By electing just two judges to our statewide appeals courts in November, North Carolinians have the chance of a lifetime to help ensure openness in government.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (11/2/12): The main candidates for governor say they favor taking some steps to make state government more transparent, but both avoid sweeping promises about opening up many more records than are already public.

From the Fayetteville Observer (10/28/12): By electing just two judges to our statewide appeals courts in November, North Carolinians have the chance of a lifetime to help ensure openness in government.

From SPLC.org (10/26/12): A two-year battle for documents detailing an investigation in NCAA violations is over, with public records being released to The Daily Tar Heel and other media organizations today and in the coming days.

The North Carolina General Assembly enacted a law in July that will require nonprofit organizations to be more accountable to the public.

From The Chronicle of Higher Education (9/17/12): The campuses of private colleges are islands of invisible crime, black boxes where even violent offenses can largely disappear from public view. The public can find out more about an assault in a private homeowner's living room than about an assault on the quad at Notre Dame.

From the Salisbury Post (9/14/12): Rowan County now has the highest transparency grade of any local government in the state, according to the John Locke Foundation.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (8/22/12): Lawyers representing former UNC football coach Butch Davis and a consortium of media companies seeking his cellphone records have reached an agreement that will make his university-related calls public.

From The Pendulum (8/31/12): The North Carolina Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling that North Carolina Public Records Law is not applicable to state-commissioned police departments of private universities within the state. Briefs will be filed sometime in September, and a hearing may be subsequently scheduled.