tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11405707.post111690199548834484..comments2023-10-24T06:48:54.181-04:00Comments on Kevin McCrea for Mayor: Compliance Officer hiding from view???Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02934047220331334056noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11405707.post-1116935111752551462005-05-24T07:45:00.000-04:002005-05-24T07:45:00.000-04:00The Boston City Clerk and Assistant City Clerks ar...The Boston City Clerk and Assistant City Clerks are supposed to be chief information officer with respect to city public records but the clerks do not do this job effectively.<BR/><BR/>For example, our city's council stenographic machine output is not available. Ellen Fritch Associates court stenographers operate the council stenographic machine.<BR/><BR/>Transcribed stenographic machine output is edited for the all too brief council minutes appearing on the city website. and in The City Record publication.<BR/><BR/>Public records like this are kept at too long an arms reach from enquirers.<BR/><BR/>After getting elected, please look into freedom of information, public records, sunshine open public meetings principles and city hall. Maybe even before that as a candidate, as a citizen.<BR/><BR/>Department heads' Annual Reports are by city ordinance supposed to be made to our city's council. <BR/><BR/>But each department head's annual report goes to the mayor's office in a departmental memorandum with the annual report material embedded in the memo.<BR/><BR/>Being public records, even city hall journalists have been a bit lazy about asking for the departmental annual reports as turned over to the mayor's office in departmental memo format.<BR/><BR/>The result of this lack of oversight is that annual reports are only made available years after they would be more relevant.theszakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02671109875431805540noreply@blogger.com