I wanted to pass along a couple of sites that look good if you're interested in open records, politics and other state business.
One is School Board Transparency, run by Fred Baldwin, a self-described "recovering school board president" from the Carlisle district.
He started the blog, he says, to focus on transparency in school board-union negotiations. But he touches on other school-related issues too. There's a lot of good stuff on there, including an honor roll of districts that post good financial info on their web sites. He linked to Record Tracker recently, and I'm glad he did, because now I have his blog in my Google reader.
And I have to say, I love this quote from his explanation about why he's doing the blog:
" 'Transparency' is not just a tactic, and it's more than compliance with 'open records' laws. Most of us understand it as an ethical imperative for public officials."
Amen.
Another interesting site is BlogNetNews for Pennsylvania, which looks like a compilation of blog posts on political issues from around the state. Seems like a great place to keep up with what people are doing and saying around the Commonwealth when it comes to politics and state business.You can also put BNN in your Google reader or other newsfeed.
And while I'm talking about following blogs in readers, you can follow this blog too -- scroll down and look on the right-hand side for the little orange icon with the words "Subscribe to this blog's feed." If you have a Google reader or other newsfeed set up, just click on the hyperlink and Record Tracker posts will be delivered to you automatically.
One is School Board Transparency, run by Fred Baldwin, a self-described "recovering school board president" from the Carlisle district.
He started the blog, he says, to focus on transparency in school board-union negotiations. But he touches on other school-related issues too. There's a lot of good stuff on there, including an honor roll of districts that post good financial info on their web sites. He linked to Record Tracker recently, and I'm glad he did, because now I have his blog in my Google reader.
And I have to say, I love this quote from his explanation about why he's doing the blog:
" 'Transparency' is not just a tactic, and it's more than compliance with 'open records' laws. Most of us understand it as an ethical imperative for public officials."
Amen.
Another interesting site is BlogNetNews for Pennsylvania, which looks like a compilation of blog posts on political issues from around the state. Seems like a great place to keep up with what people are doing and saying around the Commonwealth when it comes to politics and state business.You can also put BNN in your Google reader or other newsfeed.
And while I'm talking about following blogs in readers, you can follow this blog too -- scroll down and look on the right-hand side for the little orange icon with the words "Subscribe to this blog's feed." If you have a Google reader or other newsfeed set up, just click on the hyperlink and Record Tracker posts will be delivered to you automatically.
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