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Showing posts with label access to information. Show all posts
Showing posts with label access to information. Show all posts
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Sunshine Fest shines in D.C. despite gloomy climate

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Last week I attended Sunshine Fest in Washington, D.C., a conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of Sunshine Week , which recognizes t...
Monday, December 2, 2024

Even town fool has opinions on FOIA

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For better or worse, my town fool's face today graced The FOIA Ombuds , the blog of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Police reform shines light on disciplinary records

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CC0 Pixabay via picryl A favorable reform to follow the police protest movement of recent years, stemming in particular from the killing of...
Saturday, May 13, 2023

Opioid settlement disbursements must be transparent, state high court rules in row over nonprofit foundation

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The nonprofit foundation responsible for disbursing hundreds of millions of dollars of opioid settlement money in Ohio is subject to state f...
Monday, February 27, 2023

FOI seminar shines light on transparency research

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In fall 2022, students in my freedom-of-information (FOI) law seminar produced another range of compelling research papers in which they inq...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Follow the dollar, name politicians in train disaster

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Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) blocked rail safety measures. Medill DC via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Government "tried" to regulate rail, but ...

Grand juror in Ga. Trump probe says little

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Pres. Trump leaves Marietta, Georgia, in January 2021. Trump White House Archives via Flickr (public domain) The news is ablaze with the ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Sunshine filters in to Mass. jail with gloomy history

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Bristol County, Mass., Sheriff Paul Heroux is seeking to close a jail with a gloomy history, and last week he gave journalists a look inside...
Thursday, October 6, 2022

Upcoming NFOIC Summit features access all-stars

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Access-to-information (ATI, RTK, FOI) enthusiasts are invited and encouraged to attend the online 2022 summit of the National Freedom of Inf...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

Lisbon graffiti writer seeks internet access

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I passed this graffiti in the Entrecampos area of Lisbon while attending the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association earlier th...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Publishers crush state effort to ensure that public libraries have reasonable access to e-books

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Cartridge People CC BY 2.0 via Flickr A Maryland law requiring the licensing of electronic books to public libraries on reasonable terms is...
Friday, January 21, 2022

SCOTUS lets stand First Amendment protection of citizen newsgathering via secret recording of police

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Pixabay by Bruce Emmerling Denying review in November 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand court decisions declaring the Massachusetts w...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

In parting meditation on pub gossip, Czech judge peels onion on privacy limits, judicial transparency

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Does GDPR pertain to pub buzz?, AG Bobek asks. ( Skeptics in the Pub Oslo (2015) by Dizzi90 CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Earlier this month, Czech judge ...