It was like having security cameras in every room of a house but one. That’s how Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone described to reporters the decentralized, hodgepodge security infrastructure of the county’s computer network . . .
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2/2/23
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Nassau County may have illegally declared a state of emergency for cybersecurity — a declaration that was not even known until revealed by the county's legal counsel.
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By Mark Nolan
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1/27/23
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By the end of the village’s regular board of trustees meeting, Amil Virani left Village Hall perplexed and outraged on Sept. 26. The focus of his ire was a moment that for him overshadowed an …
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By Juan Lasso
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10/6/22
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Journalists celebrate James Madison’s birthday — March 16 — as part of “Sunshine Week,” a national initiative created by the American Society of News Editors to educate all of us about the importance of open government.
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3/10/22
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The Sea Cliff Open Government party formed in the wake of what was considered a controversial personnel appointment by the Board of Trustees in November 2016.
When former Village Administrator …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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3/15/18
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Elected leaders often look upon the Freedom of Information Act with barely disguised disapproval, and more often with outright disdain. Heck, the president who signed the act . . .
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3/23/17
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The nonprofit group Reclaim New York filed a lawsuit on June 7 in Nassau County Supreme Court against the Elmont School District for failing to comply with a Freedom of Information Law …
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By Steve Smirti
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6/15/16
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Rumors have been circulating for the past two months that Malverne Mayor Patricia McDonald has been urged to run for higher office — Town of Hempstead supervisor, the town council or the Nassau County Legislature’s 6th District seat. McDonald, who has confirmed to the Herald that the rumors are true, has not said whether she would run for any of these positions, all of which are up for election in November.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/27/15
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Hillary Clinton and Andrew Cuomo could not have picked a better time to reveal their views on work-related emails. Last week was the 10th anniversary of Sunshine Week . . .
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3/26/15
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With the gridlock in Washington, and the latest scandal involving Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s alleged meddling in the work of the commission he created to help root out corruption in Albany, it’s too easy to think that “government” — and government shenanigans — are something far away, either up the Hudson or down I-95.
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7/30/14
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