$15,000 Grant to Promote Government Openness
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Updated: 6:37 PM Mar 20, 2010
$15,000 Grant to Promote Government Openness
West Virginia lags behind the rest of the country in promoting government openness, members of a new group say, and they hope a $15,000 grant will change that.
Posted: 6:26 PM Mar 20, 2010
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia lags behind the rest of the country in promoting government openness, members of a new group say, and they hope a $15,000 grant will change that.

The West Virginia Open Government Coalition recently won the funding from the National Freedom of Information Coalition to establish an office at Marshall University.

Marshall journalism school dean, Corley Dennison, says the group will run the office and a Web site, offering assistance to residents, the media and public officials on freedom of information and open government topics.

Dennison says West Virginia and Wyoming were the last two states without such a group, and that a similar organization formed in Wyoming last year.

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Posted by: Young black professional female on Mar 22, 2010 at 03:33 PM

Are you kidding me? First IT shuts down state workers watching their flag ship school in the NCAA playoffs! Charleston looks blighted, there are hardly any good pay jobs, Huntington is on tv for BAD health and Huntington has a crime wave that the mayor and the rest of the fearless elected officials can't solve...and someone wrote a grant for GOVERNMENT OPENESS. That is goood ole West Virginia politics at its finest! No one should complain about the tax rates, police coverage or any other essential services provided by the state government; everyday i read some of these articles it make me realized why i moved from West Virginia!
Posted by: Taxpayer on Mar 21, 2010 at 12:28 PM

With only two states without some sort of so called openness, it seems the odds of winning were stacked in favor of the two states.
Posted by: cynic on Mar 20, 2010 at 10:10 PM

It'll take more than $15k to crack the Wayne County Political Machine. : )
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