#governmenttransparency — Public Fediverse posts

Streetsblog NYC: Empty Quarter: City’s Crash Database Hasn’t Been Updated In Three Months. “The city’s public data on motor vehicle crashes — the portal that provides the underpinning for public-facing, easy-to-use, map-based websites such as Crashmapper and Crashcount — hasn’t updated since June 11, meaning that thousands of crashes are not showing up on those independent websites.”

New York Times: After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality. “The Mamdani administration released more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.”

#Google has been operating under a 16-month non-disclosure agreement ( #NDA ) with #SalemOR concerning a proposed $5 billion #DataCenter.

The developers hint that it will conserve water—but have not explained how. Could its cooling system use #PFAS “forever chemicals”?

“Opteon 2P50 is also the first chemical for which industry has asked the Trump EPA to fast-track approval.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/pfas-datacenter-cooling-epa

#DataCenterCooling #WaterUse #GovernmentTransparency #RightToKnow

https://nosalemdatacenter.org/

People: Pentagon Releases New UFO Records Detailing Decades of Unexplained Aerial Encounters. “The Pentagon has expanded its public UFO archive with dozens of newly released records, from declassified documents to videos, audio recordings and images tied to decades of unexplained aerial incidents.”

The Chief: $40 million for 9/11 document discovery, release included in city budget . “The city will devote $34.2 million in the coming fiscal year to creating a public online portal to post documents related to post-9/11 air quality and health risks as part of the $125.8 billion Fiscal Year 2027 city budget announced June 30. Also included in the finalized budget is $6.25 million for the […]

Kentucky Lantern: Kentucky’s open door on government transparency is closing. “Kentucky built its Open Records Act on a simple, powerful premise: that free and open examination of public records is in the public interest. For nearly 50 years, that premise provided a basic guarantee that Kentuckians could see what their government was doing in their name. That premise is now under a growing […]

Kansas Reflector: Kansas secretary of state moves 60-year-old system from paper to online. “In place of the previous paper-based system is a public website that launched Tuesday. [Scott] Schwab said the new digital system improves transparency, efficiency and cost. Users can view proposed regulations, search an in-progress archival catalogue and subscribe to email notices for scheduled public […]

New York City Council: City Council Secures Commitment from Corporation Counsel to Release 9/11 Documents. “At today’s New York City Council Preliminary Budget hearing for the Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation, Speaker Julie Menin secured a commitment from Corporation Counsel Steve Banks that the City’s Law Department will create a public online portal to […]

CBS News: The DOJ has been taking down Epstein files. Here’s what remains.. “Some of those removed documents contained explicit images or survivor information — including one document with unredacted photos of 21 survivors along with most of their birthdates. But the reasons for other files’ removal is unclear, such as a call log with all names redacted and images of Epstein’s jail bunk […]

GPO: GPO And The Library Of Congress Digitize 10,000 Volumes Of The United States Serial Set. “U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) achieved a major milestone by uploading and making available its 10,000th volume of the United States Congressional Serial Set on GPO’s GovInfo. Those volumes contain more than 185,000 individual Government documents and reports.”

COURIER: We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate. “To make this massive data dump more accessible, COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate into an easily searchable repository via Google Pinpoint.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/14/courier-we-created-a-searchable-database-with-all-20000-files-from-epsteins-estate/

Federal News Network: OMB restores public spending database after losing court cases. “The Office of Management and Budget has restored a public website designed to track federal spending several months after it abruptly took the transparency database offline in what courts found was a violation of federal law.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/20/federal-news-network-omb-restores-public-spending-database-after-losing-court-cases/

How to observe #IndigenousPeoplesDay in #Maine

Dan Neumann October 6, 2023

"Tribal members and supporters will rally outside the Maine State House in Augusta on Indigenous People’s Day for #Wabanaki self-determination and transparency around Maine’s #treaty obligations toward tribal nations.

"The rally, organized by the #WabanakiAlliance, a coalition that includes representatives from hundreds of organizations and businesses that support #Wabanaki inherent sovereignty, will start at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 9 outside the capitol and conclude at 11:30 a.m.

"Participants will be able to make signs and learn more about the 'Yes on 6' campaign ahead of the rally.

"#Question6 on the November ballot asks whether voters support requiring 'that all of the provisions of the Maine Constitution be included in the official printed copies' distributed by the state.

"The tribes are supporting the ballot measure because, since 1876, printed copies of Maine’s Constitution have omitted three sections of the original document, including one pertaining to Maine’s treaty obligations toward the tribes.

"Monday’s Indigenous People’s Day marks a crossroads for the tribes and their allies, after legislation recognizing Wabanaki sovereignty was vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills last summer.

"The law would have amended the jurisdictional arrangement between the tribes and the state that Indigenous leaders have long criticized for leaving the #WabanakiNations with less authority over natural resources, gaming, taxation, criminal justice and economic development on their lands than 570 other federally recognized tribes.

"Celebration at Redbank in South Portland

"Also on Monday, the #SouthPortlandMaine #HumanRights Commission will be hosting an Indigenous People’s Day celebration from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Redbank Community Center, located at 95 MacArthur Circle West in South Portland.

"The celebration will feature speaker Corey Hinton, a citizen of the #Passamaquoddy Tribe at #Sipayik and a lead lawyer on tribal issues in Maine.

"The Cape Elizabeth Rotary will also be serving pancakes and maple syrup sourced from #PassamaquoddyMaple, a company that is '100% tribally owned, with a mission to provide a high-end, small batch, product that will not only sustain our tribal land, but also create jobs for our people.'

"South Portland’s Indigenous People’s Day event is free, family friendly, and open to the public.

"Other events

"The #AbbeMuseum in #BarHarbor is holding a week long series of events through Oct. 9 called “#Indigenous2023 – Celebrating Our Sovereignty“, including #storytelling, a #concert and free museum admission.

"University of Maine, #Farmington [#UMF] is holding events from Oct. 16-19 including a food tasting, storytelling, a film showing and a panel discussion on how to be an ally."

Source:
https://mainebeacon.com/wabanaki-to-rally-on-indigenous-peoples-day-for-self-determination/

#IndigenousAlly #GovernmentTransparency #RespectTheTreaties #PenobscotNation #PassamaquoddyNation #Maliseet