As close as we astronomers love to feel to space, one thing stands between us and the outer reaches: Earth's atmosphere. More ...

Transparency is a word that gets thrown around a ton by elected officials and boards. Transparency is good and expected, especially when public officials are dealing with decisions that affect the ...

Public notices alert the public to proposed government actions, such as upcoming public meetings or hearings, proposed ...

This lack of transparency raises serious concerns about where the collected money is actually going, since it is clear it is not going into the state’s general fund to relieve our persistent ...

Transparency advocates lauded in Bellevue were a balm after a brutal winter for open government in Washington state.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” James Madison, our fourth president, made this ...

The speaker's office has not responded to requests for copies of the letter the group allegedly sent Matt Hall informing him ...

When are you most forthcoming with life updates? And when are you the most transparent about exactly what those updates are? For most folks — show of hands, please — it’s when things are going well.

Transparency in public education isn’t optional. It never was. The Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission just made that crystal clear. In October, the Commission ruled that New Canaan Public ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...