Public officials

The mayor of Muncie, Ind. has clamped down on city employees who would speak to reporters, issuing a memo banning such…

It's a sunny summer for government in New York, where Gov. David Paterson has signed off on a bundle of updates to the…

A circuit judge in Sarasota County on Friday ordered three public officials to stop using their personal computers and turn them…

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons succeeded in getting a judge to seal his divorce proceedings from the public, but first lady…

For the seemingly dozenth time in the last few months, yet another move toward secrecy by embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame…

As embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick fights to stay in power, members of his staff have undertaken an e-mail campaign…

The Associated Press reports that former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer may have lied to federal investigators about his role in…

Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission ruled on Wednesday that state ethics officials broke the law when they refused to release…

Two records requests that The (Brockton, Mass.) Enterprise submitted to its city hall in honor of Sunshine Week didn’t turn…

A Missouri state representative said Tuesday that all public officials should be required to receive training about how to comply…