Maryland To Webcast More Hearings, Meetings Over Internet

Gov. Martin O’Malley and other state leaders announced actions by the General Assembly and the Board of Public Works to make state government more accessible and transparent on the Internet.

The meetings of the Board of Public Works, which reviews billions in state contracts, will be webcast beginning July 7, and audio and video of hearings by committees of the Maryland General Assembly will be online when the new legislature opens in January.

But one expert on technology for government transparency said the moves were "trivial steps."

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