NC Open Government

From the Charlotte Observer (11/25/09): When the Charlotte City Council authorized the city to spend $400,000 to secure options to buy property at Eastland Mall, all debate and voting took place in private, during closed sessions.

From ABCNews.com (11/25/09): The state of North Carolina has hired a California company to create an archive system designed to manage and retrieve state employee e-mails more easily.

From the Fayetteville Observer (11/23/09): A wide range in pay for local managers of North Carolina's ABC boards and the reluctance of boards to make that information public has drawn the attention of the governor.

From the Daily Reflector (11/17/2009): A proposal to keep deliberations and voting for Pitt County Board of Education panel hearings confidential has stirred up some debate among board members.

From the Beaufort Observer (11/6/09): A case handed down Tuesday (11-3-09) illustrates yet another loophole in North Carolina's public records law that needs attention by the legislature.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (11/4/09): The N.C. Board of Funeral Service didn't keep minutes of its closed sessions as required by state law, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Auditor's Office.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (11/4/09): In a split decision issued Tuesday, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court acted appropriately in dismissing a lawsuit filed against former State Treasurer Richard Moore.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (11/2/09): The Golden LEAF Foundation has failed to effectively oversee the more than $300 million in economic development grants it has made since it was formed a decade ago, according to the state auditor's office.

From the Wilmington Star-News (10/29/09): The New Hanover County Alcohol Beverage Control board is refusing to provide the StarNews with the salaries of its employees, citing privacy concerns.

From arstechnia.com (10/29/09): The Arizona state Supreme Court has ruled that the metadata attached to public records is itself public, and cannot be withheld in response to a public records request. Such a ruling on file metadata may not seem like a huge win for open government advocates, but it definitely is, given that metadata has unmasked more than one lobbyist's effort to influence Congress.