NC Open Government

The Sunshine Week toolbox has brand new material to get you ready for Sunshine Day in Charlotte March 18.

The Governor of North Carolina, Bev Perdue, issued a proclamation declaring the week of March 15th Sunshine Week across North Carolina. Sunshine Week celebrates transparency in government and calls attention to its importance in our democracy.

What part of "public" don't we understand?

From the Raleigh News and Observer (3/13/09): Four employees at a state home in Goldsboro for people with severe developmental disabilities have been placed on leave following the death of a resident Wednesday night.

North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue declared March 15-21 Sunshine Week in the state.

From the Wilmington Star-News (2/27/09): The Star-News filed a complaint against the Wilmington Police Department Friday afternoon, seeking the release of all video recordings from the car crash that killed Officer Richard Matthews on Feb. 18.

From the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press (2/18/09): Original notes taken by the investigator whose report led to the firing of nine county employees don't exist, a county official said Tuesday.

From WRAL.com (2/12/09): The News & Observer is the winner of the 2008 Senator Sam award for the support of open government, presented Thursday by the North Carolina bureau of The Associated Press.

From the Hendersonville Times-News (2/12/09): It’s happened again. A small town police chief has been suspended. The chief claims that there is more to the story, a story that he can’t or won’t tell.

From Mountain Xpress News (2/4/09): While a recent release asserted that URTV follows open-meetings law, a video has surfaced with statements made by Executive Director Pat Garlinghouse at the public-access channel’s last board meeting that misrepresent that law, according a North Carolina Press Association attorney—and some board members claim they were not consulted in a press release that claimed to speak on their behalf.