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California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has a change of heart
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After initially saying no to a request for daily downloads of the CalAccess database, Sec. Bowen came around and agreed to implement exactly that by Labor Day.

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Transparency train keeps rolling with President’s open data executive order
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President Barack Obama issued a historic executive order and new open data policy making vast troves of previously inaccessible government data available for public scrutiny and use.

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Mixed signals sent by California economy
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New numbers show progress & uncertainty

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This week in Realignment: May 17, 2013
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In a sign that public safety realignment is gaining prominence, Gov. Jerry Brown touched on the issue in his short statement on his May budget revision

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