Transparency Talk Radio

The recent events in Utah -- where state legislators have rolled back decades of open government advances -- are the topic of our show airing during National Sunshine Week. We talk with Prof. Charles Davis, nationally known freedom of informati

Austin, Texas' 'government in the shadows': Interview guest Ken Martin

Mar 9th, 2011 26m 33s

The cat is out of the bag, and boy, it is a big, ugly cat: The Austin, Texas, City Council has been holding private meetings before the regular city council meetings to hash out their differences behind closed doors -- and using private e-mail

Costs for records: What you have to pay to find out what your government is up to

Feb 8th, 2011 30m 1s

On this week's episode, we'll talk about the problems people face having to pay to get access to public information, including copying charges, labor and research time, overhead costs, programming costs and other such fees. Many in government w

Open government in the news: Public officials' emails, expunged court records and other happenings

Feb 1st, 2011 29m 53s

Tune in for our next episode of Transparency Talk Radio, a live Internet radio show/podcast on open government.

Following the money in state campaign finance: Edwin Bender

Jan 25th, 2011 30m 17s

Join us as Edwin Bender, executive director of the National Institute on Money in State Politics -- they're followthemoney.org -- talks with us about their work to make state-level campaign finance more transparent in all 50 states.

A wiki just for open government: We talk with Sunshine Review.org's Senior Editor Kristin McMurray

Jan 18th, 2011 28m 39s

Join us as we talk about a wiki dedicated to open government issues, SunshineReview.org, with its senior editor.

What state legislatures can do to improve transparency

Jan 11th, 2011 30m 3s

With legislatures in many states convening or reconvening, Transparency Talk Radio discusses ways state lawmakers could improve transparency.

Open government new year's resolutions for 2011

Jan 5th, 2011 30m 7s

Let's talk about what we can do to improve government transparency this year.

Scott St. Clair: Open government and Washington's ferry system

Dec 21st, 2010 25m 36s

Scott St. Clair of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation talks about his fight to get access to records pertaining to safety issues in Washington state's ferry system -- a fight that has drawn support from transparency advocates and other journalist

Open government and the environment: Laura Frank

Dec 14th, 2010 28m 32s

Laura Frank, nationally known investigative reporter and executive director of Colorado-based I-News, will be our guest today. She'll talk about I-News' most recent investigation, which probed where e-waste -- recycled computers and the like --

Keeping Open Meetings Open in Texas

Dec 7th, 2010 30m

We'll be featuring an interview with Keith Elkins, executive director of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, to talk about open government issues in the Lone Star State. In particular, we'll ask him about the efforts by some local g

Remain calm: An interview with 'Frank Government'

Nov 30th, 2010 30m

Join us for a special interview with Frank Gibson, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government and a former president of the National Freedom of Information Coalition and the Society of Professional Journalists. The retire

Welcome to Transparency Talk Radio!

Nov 16th, 2010 28m

We'll talk about why government transparency is important for us all, and we'll have as our special guest my Texas Watchdog colleague Trent Seibert to talk about our work and why we're trying to spread the freedom of information gospel. We'll t

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