TODAY: Call to support Bodycams & demilitarizing police (March 15, 2016)
The Public Safety Committee is still deciding whether to report out favorably two bills we support: H.2169 (municipal control of military equipment by…
Category: Transparency
Mass GMO labeling bill passes committee! We still need your help. (March 9, 2016)
From our friends at MA Right to Know GMOs: The Mass. GMO labeling bill was passed out of the Natural Resources/Ag. Committee recently.…
We Want Your Input on the Public Records Bill (March 7, 2016)
Bills tend to be diffs of the existing law, which makes identifying exactly what the bill does more difficult than it should be.…
Public Records Bill Up For Consideration (February 19, 2016)
We are drafting a position statement for the public records bills before the Massachusetts legislature. The Senate bill looks to be better than…
Pirate Party Testimony in Support of S.1257 / H.2170 (February 4, 2016)
Today the Massachusetts’ legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security will hold a hearing on S.1257 / H.2170, “An Act promoting…
Mass Political Finance Transparency vs Public Records Transparency (January 31, 2016)
After moving to Boston, one of the first places I visited was the Prudential Center Skywalk. There’s a great view up on the…
Upcoming Events: Free Software, Manning B-day & Planning (December 15, 2015)
There are three upcoming events this week we will be at. FSF’s 2015 Giving Guide Giveaway, Wed., 12/16, 6pm The Free Software Foundation…
Support Police Body Camera Bills (November 12, 2015)
It is no surprise that we believe in government transparency and accountability. With the large number of police shootings of unarmed citizens as…
New FOIA Requests: CIA, DISA, CBP (November 8, 2015)
I filed a couple of FOIA requests this week: one to the CIA, one to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and to…
CISA passes Senate cloture vote, calls still needed (October 22, 2015)
Earlier today, the Senate’s cloture vote on CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, passed 83 to 14. It now advances to an up or…