New Laws Push Government Transparency, Protect Privacy
It's a tough balance to strike for state officials: promoting government transparency on the web while protecting people's private information.
Lawmakers just wrapping up the 82nd legislative session are hoping they did that in the wake of high-profile data breaches that left the personal information of millions of current and former state employees exposed for a year. Open government laws that passed this year will both require state agencies to put more information online and restrict some private information about individuals.
Lawmakers are touting one new bill in particular, which they say will improve transparency and civic engagement ...
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Healthy Texan
Its funny that Jeff Wentworth talks about truth in government and then his Ethics Committee filings are so bungled and distorted showing him serving on boards and such when he really doesn't. I remember a story about him being involved in a MLM scam, BurnLounge, and he never answered how many of his staff and lobbyists he was able to con into buying in. I also seem to remember him lobbying for local entities while being an elected member of the Texas Senate.