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gov -- as well as convening a task force on open government in 2012.
• Venhuizen cautioned that the data presents only part of the picture, and that lack of context or interpretation caught the attention of David Bordewyk, the general manager of the South Dakota Newspaper Association.
• "How does the public interpret that? How does the public use that data?" he asked. Bordewyk, who was pleased that transparency is still on Daugaard's radar but believes more can be done, also said the press maintains the responsibility to help the public interpret the figures.
• South Dakota received high marks in an April report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Groups Education Fund regarding online access to government spending data. The report touted public access to South Dakota's annual tax expenditures and the fact that the state balances its checkbook every year.
• One thing that's missing from the dashboard reports is the ability to download the raw data for unique calculations and interpretations, said Emily Shaw, national policy manager for the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit focused on open government.
• "Bulk download is usually necessary to empower deeper journalistic and academic research and analysis of trends," Shaw said in an email. She said that other states, including Indiana and Vermont, share similar information online.
• Hunhoff said the information that's presented in South Dakota is selective. He said there are technological limitations and limitations of intent -- that is, what officials want to share.
• "We shouldn't deceive ourselves into thinking we have true transparency in South Dakota," he said.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A man charged with killing the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in South Dakota last fall was ordered held on $1 million cash-only bond Wednesday following accusations that he assaulted the boy's mother this week.
• Authorities say Joseph Patterson, 28, attacked Tyrese Robert Doohen. Patterson was arrested on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, interference with emergency communication and injury to property.
• Patterson has been free on $750,000 bond while he awaits an October trial on charges including murder in the death of Tyrese Ruffin in Sioux Falls last October. Patterson was living with Doohen at the time of the boy's death and was alone with the toddler at the time of the incident. Peterson had just recently found out that

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