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Posted on January 11, 2012 by Charles N. Davis
A fine example of why secret settlements are always a bad idea…
Posted on January 7, 2012 by Charles N. Davis
Back, After a Long Hiatus
Posted on January 7, 2012 by Charles N. Davis
Regular followers of the blog probably have given up….but after academic and writing duties consumer me last term, I am back! I’ll try to be dutiful about posting new FOI items. And I apologize for the lack of posts in the past month or so…. CD
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Want to defend press freedom…in London?
Posted on August 2, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
The Media Legal Defence Initiative, an organisation that helps journalists defend their rights, is recruiting for a Chief Operations Officer and a Legal Officer. The Media Legal Defence Initiative is a charity that helps journalists defend their rights. We provide support for the defence of journalists and independent media outlets, and we do so through [...]
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This Ought To Be Fun: Alaska to Release Palin E-mails…
Posted on June 1, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
Palin’s emails to be released to several media outlets today, in five huge storage boxes…. http://www.adn.com/2011/05/31/1892284/state-prepares-to-release-palin.html
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Courtroom Access, One Stream At A Time…
Posted on May 19, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
OpenCourt is a pilot project that will experiment with how digital technologies can foster the openness of the American courts with the idea that more transparent courts make for a stronger democracy. By live-streaming video of court proceedings and setting up a WiFi network for use by journalists and bloggers, OpenCourt will provide full multimedia [...]
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Nice video overview of Osama FOI issue….
Posted on May 10, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
Via YouTube courtesy of Newsy, a really cool Internet video aggregation and news service based right across the street from the School of Journalism. Check it out! cd
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A Fine Mess in Illinois…
Posted on April 20, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
An opinion by the Illinois Attorney General calling for the release of results of medical testing on prison guards who filed successful workers’ compensation claims speaks of the public’s fundamental right to know how its money is spent. Despite this broad language, this single decision announced Monday in response to a Belleville News-Democrat Freedom of [...]
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Do As I Say…Not As I Do!
Posted on March 31, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
From Iowa, a fresh helping of FOI hypocrisy: Lawmakers are considering creation of a new board to better enforce Iowa’s open records and meetings laws, but there’s a notable exemption from the board’s oversight: the governor and his office. The board’s oversight also would not extend to operations of the legislative and judicial branches, reflecting [...]
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See How Many Federal FOIAs are Generating Withholding, Litigation…
Posted on March 30, 2011 by Charles N. Davis
Details about every new court challenge to the withholding of information by the Obama Administration are now available on a new website developed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). Designed to bring more transparency to FOIA withholding decisions, the new site — http://FOIAproject.org — gives the American people a way to track all instances in which a federal agency’s [...]
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