NC Open Government

From the Raleigh News and Observer (2/16/12): A North Carolina state agency that created videos for state government and got public service announcements on television is closing in April because of cash flow problems.

From Raleigh Public Record (1/25/12): A Raleigh City Council committee gave its stamp of approval to a resolution that could make public city data easier to access and change the way the city buys software.

From the Greensboro News and Record (1/25/12): City Councilwoman Trudy Wade stood at the short end of an 8-1 vote last week. One of her colleagues even suggested she ought to give up her seat because of her opinion.

From the Asheville Citizen-Times (1/24/12): The Asheville Citizen-Times filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Sheriff Rick Davis, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners and the county's insurance carrier in an effort to force them to release details of a settlement involving the sheriff and a female employee.

From the Asheville Citizen-Times (1/24/12): The Town of Black Mountain Board of Aldermen will meet at 2 p.m. Friday in a "special call meeting" that may address some recent missteps and an ongoing dispute between elected officials and former town manager, Marcy Onieal.

From the Sanford Herald (1/24/12): The Lee County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved at its meeting Monday for County Attorney Dale Talbert to spend one month fine-tuning the public records policy that the board amended Nov. 14.

From the Winston-Salem Journal (1/16/12): When the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board agrees to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle a lawsuit, it does so in closed session.

From the Raleigh News and Observer (1/14/12): It may get more expensive to ask for public records from the Wake County school system.

From the Rhino Times (1/12/12): Two themes that are likely to continue during the administration of Mayor Robbie Perkins were displayed in the past week.

The North Carolina Open Government Coalition is looking to award its Open Government Hero Award this year.