"Earlier this month CalPERS stunned retirees by announcing that it would soon publish their names, annuities, cost of living adjustments, years of service, retirement date and final compensation to a public online database.... The pension fund figured that if the information was going to get out anyway, it might as well try to control the presentation.... This, however, was a bridge too far for CalPERS's 500,000 retirees.... It's no small irony that the opaque pension fund has itself become a target of activist taxpayers demanding greater transparency."  MORE >>