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Fixes Following Ferguson?

August 26, 2014 By massmarrier

I confess I'm a typical pinko/progressive/UU type. I look for the underlying causes of societal problems and the related solutions. Hence. the events and aftermath of Ferguson gets me. Today on Left Ahead, Ryan Adams and I kicked around the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., body cameras, civilian-review boards, Ferguson, michael-brown, militarization, police

Parole Board members who voted to release Cinelli resign

January 13, 2011 By mannygoldstein

According to NECN, all five Parole Board members who voted to parole Dominic Cinelli have resigned: (NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this afternoon held a news conference on the review of the Massachusetts state … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., bravery, symbolism

Property tax increase

December 27, 2010 By warrior02131

Hi All: Just found this on the internet: http://westroxbury.patch.com/a... The City of Boston is raising property tax rates by the maximum of two and half percent for the coming year. The current school budget is actually a decrease from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., boston, budget, education, random, schools

MLEV Releases 2010 Environmental Scorecard

October 6, 2010 By mlev

We just released our 2010 Scorecard.  Overall, this session was pretty lackluster for the environment.  The average score in the Senate was a 62% and 77% in the House, compared to a 84% average for both bodies in the last session. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., environment, legislature

Pioneer Institute releases an online tool to track municipal performance

March 3, 2010 By mariaortizperez

If you are looking for a tool for active citizen engagement at a municipal level, Pioneer Institute has created what you are looking for: http://www.MassCityStats.org MassCityStats gives the general public access to data on public safety, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., municipal-performance, pioneer-institute, transparency

Accountability for Torture, Part Two

August 24, 2009 By driendeau_aclu

It's a major news day here at the ACLU of Massachusetts - we just found out that Attorney General Eric Holder going to go forward with the previously reported CIA prisoner abuse cases, and he's already appointed a prosecutor. John Durham, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., advanced-interrogations, eric-holder, john-durham, torture

How useful is video surveillance, really?

August 21, 2009 By driendeau_aclu

Then, Thursday, police made an arrest.  We hope they're on the right trail and have arrested one of the culprits, but we don't know that for sure yet either. It's also important to remember that the video images the cameras captured … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., boston-police, surveillance

Determining the “best” companies

May 29, 2007 By dave-from-hvad

In fact, corporate ethics have become a topic of growing interest in recent years, even sparking new centers of academic research, such as the Kennedy School's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, the Center for Corporate Citizenship … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., corporate-ethics, globe-100, responsibility

Accountability in all three sectors

May 22, 2007 By dave-from-hvad

That got me thinking that that's what my new Accountable Strategies blogsite is about--the restoration of honesty, integrity, and ethics in the governmental, business, and nonprofit sectors. We do live in an age in which public confidence … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., corporate, ethics, government, nonprofit

A Culture Of Incompetence At The Department Of Energy

March 5, 2007 By rep-ed-markey-d-ma

This careless dilly-dallying has harmed the environment and the drained pockets of Americans for far too long. According to the GAO, if you look at just the top 4 appliances where the greatest energy savings can be achieved through new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: accountability., appliance, btu, building, code, department, doe, efficiency, energy, gao, government, markey, national, office, standards

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