By Alexa on December 17th, 2009
Updated 11am Thursday.
“Inexcusable”—that’s the word the Vatican used to describe Irish Bishop Donal Murray’s sex scandal cover-ups. But why not extend that pithy description to the Richardson administration for its refusal to support transparent, responsible governance?
So begins Kate Nash’s front-page story in the New Mexican this morning: “The Governor’s Office refuses to identify the 59 exempt state employees whose jobs will be eliminated early next year.” Continue reading »
Tags: Bill Richardson, Gilbert Gallegos, inexcusable, ipra, Jeremy Jojola, Kate Nash, New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, sex scandal, transparent
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I file a lot of public information requests. That’s the job. We use New Mexico’s Inspection of Public Records Act to watchdog the government and report back to you what we find.
Today, I’m sharing information about the Department of Health. However, it isn’t about the information I formally requested. Instead, I want to tell you about the front of the envelope containing the DOH’s letter responding to my request.
The letter was the very same letter they’d already sent me in PDF format via e-mail. The state paid $5.54 to send it to me again via certified mail. This isn’t the first time DOH has paid a small fortune to send me a redundant letter.
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Tags: Department of Health, foia, ipra, open records, taxdollars
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