This New Hawaii Commission Is Aimed At Open Government. So Why Has It Been Meeting In Secret? … The Legislature’s new anti-corruption commission is set to publish an interim report on policy recommendations March 31. Its chair says there was no time to set up public meetings.
A commission tasked with making recommendations for government transparency and accountability has so far been meeting behind closed doors but the commission’s chairman says it will open its meetings after delivering an interim report to state lawmakers later this month.
Retired Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge Dan Foley, who leads the Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct, said the commission couldn’t work out meeting logistics in time to allow for public participation in March.
The commission’s members include the heads of the state Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions as well as directors of Common Cause Hawaii and the League of Women Voters of Hawaii – all which advocate for more open government.
