Wednesday, Nov 07, 2007

TTT#19-Government Secrecy

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NOV. 7: GOVERNMENT SECRECY: YOUR GOVERNMENT IS HIDING FROM YOU

TTT's Andy Driscoll and Lynnell Mickelsen discuss government secrecy and public information with three of Minnesota's most prominent advocates for open government, access and a free press. MnDOT's engineering and administrative reports on the collapsed I-35W bridge are merely one example of public employees refusing to disclose information that could save lives, injuries, and money. Contracts and deals are struck without bidding or scrutiny and reports of dangerous infrastructure flaws are kept under wraps. More and more public information is being withheld from the public. This is not about security, it's about secrecy in state and local government - reports and activities kept behind an opaque veil of bureaucracy and political expediency. Who will break open the political cocoon that is becoming our government and let the butterfly free to allow citizens to access and control their government once again? GUESTS: JOHN R. FINNEGAN, retired Executive Editor and Asst. Publisher, St. Paul Pioneer Press; DON GEMBERLING, Attorney and Retired Administrator, Minnesota Data Privacy Office; MICHAEL FRIEDMAN, Executive Director, Legal Rights Center and former Chair, Minneapolis Civilian Review Authority Board.

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