Hmmmm….I am intrigued by this system, but also kind of tickled by some of the details in the story of its launch: Gov. Rick Scott launched a new open records program Thursday dubbed “Project Sunburst,” designed to give the public — and the media — access to the emails to and from the governor and 11 top staff within [...]
Filed under: 4. Finding records, 7. Electronic records, 8. Officials' perspectives | Tagged: e-mail, Florida, governors, Project Sunburst | Leave a Comment »
This fascinating and informative post from the wonderful Citizen Media Law Project brings the latest in the ongoing saga of requests for police dashcam videos in Seattle, raising timely issues of law, technology and policing… A must read.
Filed under: 3. Access law, 7. Electronic records, 8. Officials' perspectives, Transparency | Tagged: police, Privacy, Seattle, video, Washington | Leave a Comment »
This kind of stuff makes my head literally ache: a story that allows a proponent of secrecy to make age-old arguments against open searches completely, utterly unchallenged by, well, fact… Florida’s open records laws will impact the quality of applicants seeking the Duval County Public Schools superintendent position, according to the president of a national [...]
Filed under: 3. Access law, 8. Officials' perspectives, Open meetings laws | Tagged: Florida, school districts, secret searches, superintendents | Leave a Comment »
The Obama administration couldn’t keep pace with the increasing number of people asking for copies ofgovernment documents, emails, photographs and more under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of the latest federal data by The Associated Press. Federal agencies did better last year trying to fulfill requests, but still fell [...]
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This excellent look at the story behind the story of federal FOIA is a great read on Independence Day….
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Today’s New York Times does a marvelous job of looking into the progress — or lack thereof – in implementing President Obama’s openness initiatives…this is the kind of reporting we need MUCH more of. cd
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A troubling legislative proposal in FOI-Land often involves an isolated example, coupled with narrow self-interest. Here is a beauty in Ohio, courtesy of IndieOnline.com: A movement by some state lawmakers to significantly curb the penalty for destroying public records comes in direct response to two Massillon-area men who, critics say, are trying to profit from [...]
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Nice piece on access to legislative calendars. Why the secrecy?
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From a story in The Hill: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on Monday sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in an effort to “bring transparency” to what DeMint says was a partisan decision by the board to sue Boeing. “The public facts surrounding the complaint raise serious [...]
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Daniel Schuman of the Sunlight Foundation — a great access advocate at a great access advocacy shop — attended the first Global Conference on Transparency Research at Rutgers University-Newark, which brought together two hundred transparency researchers from around the world. Thanks to a post-surgical travel ban, I missed it, doggonit, but I thought I’d pass along his great [...]
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