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Guess What Massachusetts Public Employee Earns Over $1 Million
The State Comptroller’s Office makes available annual salary…

How Much Does Your Local Government Raise from Fines and Forfeitures?
One of the ways local governments raise revenue to fund public…

Commuter Rail Twitter Reveals History of Delays
An easy way to bond with fellow Bostonians is to complain about…

Stonewalled at City Hall
Pioneer Institute interns often visit government offices to obtain…

Making Troopers Transparent: At What Cost?
In May 2018, The Boston Globe reported on its effort to gain…

Report Recommends Alternatives to Drug Pricing Transparency Legislation
Value-based reimbursement, focus on middlemen in drug distribution…

Why Did the Department of Corrections Pay a Chef $166,762 last year?
Pioneer Institute’s MassOpenBooks transparency tool shows an…

Top 10 Government Transparency Resolutions for 2018
We hear the word transparency a lot these days. Whether it's…

Creating Space for Healthcare Innovators in the Marketplace
Pioneer Institute's initiatives in healthcare focus on three…

Auditing the New Transparency Law: Where are the Records Access Officers?
With the advent of the Baker administration, Massachusetts transparency…

Our Government Transparency Resolutions for 2017
Although transparency was the expression of choice on Beacon…

Fewer Employees, More Space: DCAMM's Leasing Strategy
For most public and private entities, space is the second-largest…

Telemedicine: The Future of Healthcare
Telemedicine sounds a bit like science-fiction, but the practice…

Inconsistencies in UMass’ Reporting of Deferred Maintenance
In assembling the data for Pioneer’s UMass at a Crossroads…

Sunshine Week 2016: Highlights from Pioneer's Government Transparency Team
Each Sunshine Week, Pioneer shares highlights of its government…

Time to End Mass. Legislature's Self-Exemption from Open Meeting Law
PRESS RELEASE: Pioneer Contends the Legislature’s Self-Exemption…

Our Government Transparency Resolutions for 2016
While it's possible that 2016 will see an historic surge…

Massachusetts Needs Its Own CBO
State Senator Jamie Eldridge is on to something. The State…

A Step Forward on Meaningful Public Records Reform?
Yesterday’s Boston Globe editorial has it right - the time…