Just about all government contracts are public records, and last week the Utah Attorney General's Office gave us copies of the contracts with the American Detoxification Foundation.

The contracts are attached below. The 2008 contract includes a description of the treatment designed by L. Ron Hubbard.

A PDF of the University of Utah's police and firefighter health study is here.

This 2003 New York Times article discusses how firefighters completed the detoxification treatments after the Sept. 11 attacks. The article mentions a report completed years earlier by a Ronald E. Gots that was harsh in its assessment of the treatment.

Gots called me Friday to say the science and his opinions remain the same.

— NC

AG%20Detoxification%20Contract%202-17-07%20for%20120%20days.pdf

AG%20Detoxification%20Contract%204-30-08%20%20to%209-30-08.pdf

Labels: Crime, open government

Just about all government contracts are public records, and last week the Utah Attorney General's Office gave us copies of the contracts with the American Detoxification Foundation.

The contracts are attached below. The 2008 contract includes a description of the treatment designed by L. Ron Hubbard.

A PDF of the University of Utah's police and firefighter health study is here.

This 2003 New York Times article discusses how firefighters completed the detoxification treatments after the Sept. 11 attacks. The article mentions a report completed years earlier by a Ronald E. Gots that was harsh in its assessment of the treatment.

Gots called me Friday to say the science and his opinions remain the same.

— NC

AG%20Detoxification%20Contract%202-17-07%20for%20120%20days.pdf

AG%20Detoxification%20Contract%204-30-08%20%20to%209-30-08.pdf

Labels: Crime, open government

On March 23, the League of Women Voters Salt Lake Chapter will host a discussion about what the Obama Administration is -- and should be -- doing to promote open government.

The event will include a Webcast of the fourth-annual Sunshine Week National Dialogue at the Center for American Progress. That dialogue will feature individuals involved in crafting the Obama Administration's open government directive and will explain the initiative's goals, receive feedback from the audience, and let members of the public know how they can continue to participate in the discussion.

Following the webcast, a panel will discuss the implications for Utah.

The free event will be held at 6 p.m. at the Salt Lake City Library and will include the presentation of the Society of Professional Journalists' annual Sunshine and Black Hole Awards.

-- mdl

Labels: Obama, open government