Republicans move to limit access to referendum petitions

February 16, 2012

Republican lawmakers presented a bill to block public access to petitions in order to prevent intimidation and personal attacks on Thursday. [...more]

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Maryland does a poor job putting data online, open government advocates say

February 12, 2012

Maryland lags behind other states in making government information easy for citizens to access online, open government advocates said, despite Gov. Martin O'Malley's push to make Maryland more digitally transparent. [...more]

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GOP delegates object to rule change on debate

February 9, 2012

A change to the House of Delegates to curtail “dilatory or frivolous” conduct was approved Thursday morning, but not without rounds of objections from the chamber’s Republican minority. [...more]

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Bills seek to open up verification of petition signatures

January 25, 2012

Bills to add transparency and checks and balances to signatures on referendum petitions were scrutinized by the House Ways and Means Committee, but seemed to receive lukewarm support on Wednesday. [...more]

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Mockup of redesigned Assembly website panned

A mockup of a redesigned Maryland General Assembly website left most members of the Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government entirely unimpressed. [...more]

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Transparency committee starts talking

December 15, 2011

Enthusiasm for making the General Assembly the most transparent branch of government echoed at the first meeting of the Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government on Wednesday morning. [...more]

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New campaign finance website increases transparency

December 1, 2011

Campaign finance reports in Maryland are getting more transparent and easier to search with the new campaign finance website launched this week by the Maryland State Board of Elections. The new website, located at www.campaignfinance.maryland.gov, upgrades and further automates reporting and disclosure of the money behind campaigns. [...more]

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State begins charging for real time access to official announcements

November 7, 2011

Instead of a service that was once free, Maryland citizens and businesses will now have to pay a $190 annual subscription fee to the Secretary of State’s office if they wish to access the most timely government information published by the Maryland Register. [...more]

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New government transparency committee members named

October 7, 2011

Senate President Mike Miller and Speaker of the House Michael Busch named the 12 members of the new legislative joint committee responsible for improving government transparency on Thursday. Sen. Bill Ferguson, D-Baltimore City, and House Majority Leader Kumar Barve, D-Montgomery, will co-chair the committee. I [...more]

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Federal grants will require more transparency and accountability, OMB official says

September 13, 2011

State agencies and Maryland nonprofits receiving federal grants will face even more requirements for transparency and accountability under a new board created by President Obama, the controller of the Office of Management and Budget told a grants conference in College Park Monday. [...more]

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