CREW FACT SHEET: PALIN ADMINISTRATION NOT SO OPEN OR TRANSPARENT AFTER ALL

[L. Coyote]

CREW FACT SHEET: PALIN ADMINISTRATION NOT SO OPEN OR TRANSPARENT AFTER ALL
http://citizensforethics.org/node/33960

3 Sep 2008 // Washington, DC - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a fact sheet detailing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s record on transparency issues.

PALIN ADMINISTRATION NOT SO OPEN OR TRANSPARENT AFTER ALL

Governor Sarah Palin campaigned in 2006 on the promise to “open the door wide to transparent and accountable government.”

FACTS

The Alaska Attorney General issued an opinion on August 21, 2008 concluding that state employees have a right to privacy while using state-issued communication equipment shortly after it was revealed that Governor Palin and her staff used their state-issued blackberrys and computers for communications related to Governor Palin’s efforts to have her former brother-in-law, Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten, fired.

This is a radical departure from Alaska’s previous position that employees have no expectation of privacy in government email. ....

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[Muttocracy]

1. kick and rec. nt

[merh]

2. K&R

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[tbyg52]

3. I keep telling y'all - you don't understand!

One set of rules for them, another set for us. And they get to change either or both any time they want to. Now do you get it?! :sarcasm: