Updated on April 12, 2017 by South Carolina Policy Council
WE SENT SIMPLE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS TO ELEVEN STATE AGENCIES. HERE’S WHAT WE FOUND. The purpose of the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), passed in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, was to make information possessed by government available to the public. Every state has an equivalent law, and any citizen – whether …
HOW CAN WE MAKE SOUTH CAROLINA’S POLITICIANS THE LEAST POWERFUL AND MOST ACCOUNTABLE IN THE NATION? (1) Restore judicial independence. The public deserves confidence that judges rule independently of the legislature whose laws they judge. South Carolina is the only state in the nation in which the legislature unilaterally appoints judges even when vacancies arise. …
Category: Reform & Restructuring, Research, Self Governance, Transparency Tags: 8 point reform agenda, Eight point agenda, Eight step reform agenda, Ethics laws, Freedom of Information, Incentives, Reform agenda, Reform plan, South Carolina state budget, Transparency
Updated on April 24, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
It’s the beginning of April and lawmakers‘ two-week furlough is almost up, leaving us at roughly the half-way point of the 2013 legislative session. This was supposed to be the Year of Ethics Reform, but is it? Below is a “half-time report” detailing what’s been done already and what’s yet to be done. While some …
Category: Commentary, Economic Development, Reform & Restructuring, Research, Transparency Tags: 8 point reform agenda, Department of Administration, Economic Incentives, Ethics, Freedom of Information, Lobbying, Transparency
FOR A ‘FREEDOM OF INFORMATION’ LAW, OURS DOESN’T ALLOW VERY MUCH INFORMATION Want information about the way a state agency uses your tax dollars? Here’s the good news: nearly every agency of any size employs a full-time Public Information Officer whose job – as the title implies – is to provide the public with information …
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Freedom of Information in S.C. – An Experiment
Updated on April 12, 2017 by South Carolina Policy Council
WE SENT SIMPLE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS TO ELEVEN STATE AGENCIES. HERE’S WHAT WE FOUND. The purpose of the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), passed in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, was to make information possessed by government available to the public. Every state has an equivalent law, and any citizen – whether …
Category: Transparency Tags: Freedom of Information, Transparency
Taking the Power Back: Eight Reforms
Updated on August 28, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
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HOW CAN WE MAKE SOUTH CAROLINA’S POLITICIANS THE LEAST POWERFUL AND MOST ACCOUNTABLE IN THE NATION? (1) Restore judicial independence. The public deserves confidence that judges rule independently of the legislature whose laws they judge. South Carolina is the only state in the nation in which the legislature unilaterally appoints judges even when vacancies arise. …
Category: Reform & Restructuring, Research, Self Governance, Transparency Tags: 8 point reform agenda, Eight point agenda, Eight step reform agenda, Ethics laws, Freedom of Information, Incentives, Reform agenda, Reform plan, South Carolina state budget, Transparency
Half Time Ethics Report
Updated on April 24, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
It’s the beginning of April and lawmakers‘ two-week furlough is almost up, leaving us at roughly the half-way point of the 2013 legislative session. This was supposed to be the Year of Ethics Reform, but is it? Below is a “half-time report” detailing what’s been done already and what’s yet to be done. While some …
Category: Commentary, Economic Development, Reform & Restructuring, Research, Transparency Tags: 8 point reform agenda, Department of Administration, Economic Incentives, Ethics, Freedom of Information, Lobbying, Transparency
Freedom of Information?
Updated on February 25, 2015 by South Carolina Policy Council
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FOR A ‘FREEDOM OF INFORMATION’ LAW, OURS DOESN’T ALLOW VERY MUCH INFORMATION Want information about the way a state agency uses your tax dollars? Here’s the good news: nearly every agency of any size employs a full-time Public Information Officer whose job – as the title implies – is to provide the public with information …
Category: Commentary, Self Governance, Transparency Tags: 8 point reform agenda, Ethics, Freedom of Information, Legislative Reform, Reform agenda