Excerpt: “… Taxpayers will have until Monday, April 18 to file their 2010 tax returns and pay any tax due because Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls this year on Friday, April 15. By law, District of Columbia holidays impact tax deadlines in the same way that federal holidays do; therefore, all taxpayers will have three extra days to file this year. Taxpayers requesting an extension will have until Oct. 17 to file their 2010 tax returns….”
Legislators do have a sense of humor, really!
While at the Oregon Library Association conference in Salem yesterday, I attended a session on government transparency in Oregon. This included a presentation about the Oregon Attorney General’s Government Transparency Initiative, courtesy of the Department of Justice’s new Government Transparency Counsel, Michael Kron, and Communications and Policy Director, Tony Green. In particular they spoke about the current proposed public records legislative amendments in Senate Bill 41, which among other things significantly reduces the number of exemptions allowing records to be kept secret, creates clear public records request deadlines, and lowers or eliminates request fees. For more background, check out the 2010 Government Transparency Report and other resources found on the Government Transparency Initiative site.
Other interesting state government public data websites were presented at this session by Sean McSpaden, Deputy State CIO. His department, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, was directed by a 2009 Oregon legislative measure to create an Oregon Transparency Website. From the site’s FAQ:
“The Oregon Transparency Web site contains information about each state agency, including but not limited to:
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