Transparency & FOIA

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (424+ words) According to an email from James Parisho, Margaret Schofield, assistant director, Freedom of Information Act, Forest Service, Business Operations, Office of Regulatory and Management Services, responded to a email sent to Melani Gonzales at the US Forest Service. Our Sept....

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (539+ words) Four South Asian states, four different legal vocabularies, one converging outcome: a civil society organization's ability to receive money from abroad is treated not as an incident of the right to associate, but as a permission the state may grant,…...

8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (266+ words) MillenniumPost An electoral roll may look like an administrative register, a collection of names periodically corrected as citizens move, die or become eligible to vote In a democracy, however, every inclusion and deletion carries constitutional weight The integrity of the…...

15+ hour, 14+ min ago   (281+ words) Four UN Special Rapporteurs have raised concerns over Sri Lanka’s proposed Non-governmental Organizations (Registration and Supervision) Bill 2026, warning that several provisions could restrict freedom of association and civic space. The experts said the latest version of the Bill, published in…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (350+ words) Devdiscourse "Samadhan Abhiyan is effectively acting as an extension of govt": BJP MLA Shikha Roy praises NGO's legal awareness work Speaking to ANI, Shikha Roy emphasised how non-governmental organisations bridge the gap between legislation and public awareness. BJP MLA Shikha…...

23+ hour, 58+ min ago   (656+ words) BOSTON (WHDH) - A battle over transparency on Beacon Hill will take center stage at the ballot box this November. Question 1 would expand the state’s public records law to include the governor’s office and the Legislature. Led by State Auditor Diana…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1321+ words) The Zondo commission of inquiry exposed significant fractures in the manner in which governance responsibilities were understood, exercised, and, in some instances, neglected by boards. In many cases, the concern is not simply whether directors were formally present or whether…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (245+ words) Changing a participant of the enterprise, the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO), the ownership chain, or the redistribution of shares may require updating information in the Unified State Register. If such changes affect information about the UBO or the ownership structure…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (694+ words) Auditor Diana DiZoglio has not lost any voter support in her ongoing crusade to probe the Legislature nearly two years after a landslide win for the ballot question granting her office additional powers. (Chris Lisinski/CommonWealth Beacon) by Chris Lisinski,…...

2+ day, 42+ min ago   (246+ words) ANANTNAG, Oct 3: Minister for Social Welfare, Education, Health & Medical Education, Sakeena Itoo, today visited Nanil in Anantnag and inaugurated four newly constructed buildings of the Social Welfare Department dedicated to an Old Age Home and PALAASH and PAREESHA facilities. Addressing…...