government transparency

How big a deal is big data?It's pretty big. The question is how we should be handling all the massive amounts of information we’re collecting. The…

Public authorities are set up to serve the public good in some way.But 13 local public authorities across New York have been censured by an oversight…

Four months ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo launched a new website called CitizenConnects. He hailed the site as an "electronic town hall" that would give New…

At yesterday's meeting of the Empire State Development Corporation board - the agency that helps fund economic development projects in New York - ESD…

New York’s new regional economic development councils are kicking off their first round of meetings this week - by kicking out the public.Each one of the…