Maryland | eLighthouse.info

Untying Redistricting’s Gordian Knot

by J.H. Snider | Dec 21, 2021

Commentary published in Maryland Matters

Teachers’ unions share responsibility for mediocre distance education

by J.H. Snider | Apr 5, 2020

Op-ed published in the Capital

AACPS’s PR Operation & Censorship by PIO

by J.H. Snider | Apr 4, 2020

Public Information Act correspondence published on eLighthouse

Critique of General Assembly’s Latest Government Transparency Legislation

by J.H. Snider | Mar 2, 2020

Letter-to-the-editor published in the Capital

On framing the discussion of the superintendent’s new contract

by J.H. Snider | Feb 25, 2018

Comment published in the Capital

Capital kills story on fraudulent claims concerning SBAC appointment credentials

by J.H. Snider | Jan 31, 2018

After my Nov. 27 op-ed concerning the fraudulent claims made by AACPS and SBAC senior officials...

Anne Arundel County Delegation Votes 8-7 to prevent SMOB Election Transparency

by J.H. Snider | Mar 15, 2017

Short report published in eLighthouse.info

Del. Morhaim’s Conflict of Interest in Preventing the General Assembly Email Retention Bill from Coming up for a Vote

by J.H. Snider | Mar 2, 2017

Comments published in the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun

J.H. Snider’s Testimony before the Maryland General Assembly on a bill creating a governemnt email retention policy for Maryland

by J.H. Snider | Mar 1, 2017

Testimony before the General Assembly’s Health and Government Operations Committee

Comment on Excuses used by Newspapers and Elected Officials to Avoid Doing Their Jobs

by J.H. Snider | Feb 26, 2017

Comment published in the Capital

J.H. Snider’s testimony before the Maryland General Assembly on three bills related to AACPS governance reform

by J.H. Snider | Feb 21, 2017

Testimony before the General Assembly’s House Ways & Means Committee

Maryland should be truthful in reporting teacher pay

by J.H. Snider | Feb 17, 2017

Op-ed published in the Washington Post.

J.H. Snider’s MSDE Presentation on the Transparency of Teacher Salary Data

by J.H. Snider | Jan 24, 2017

Testimony Before the Maryland State Department of Education’s Board of Education

The Quest for Controversial Salary Statistics from the Maryland State Department of Education

by J.H. Snider | Jan 24, 2017

This post is divided into two sections: Correspondence prior to the MSDE meeting on January 24,...

When interpreting the Capital is like interpreting Pravda during the heyday of the Soviet Union

by J.H. Snider | Dec 23, 2016

Comment on Capital Article

Another technique the Board of Education uses to effectively bypass the Open Meetings Act

by J.H. Snider | Dec 5, 2016

The Board of Education has taken to using pseudo public meetings to discuss the public’s business. In this particular case, the meeting is technically open the public and there is a brief public presentation, but the rest...

Testimony on local government officials’ dismal email practices before a joint committee of Maryland’s General Assembly

by J.H. Snider | Nov 2, 2016

Testimony before the Maryland General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Legislative Information Technology and Open Government

Surprising Disagreement: Are the seven referendums on the ballot controversial?

by J.H. Snider | Oct 27, 2016

During the past week, the Capital reported the seven questions on this year’s ballot as though there was no controversy surrounding them. But the recommendations of the Capital, County Executive Steve Schuh, and County...