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Inside the Issue:
OCOG must look toward future
By Dennis Hetzel, OCOG President
Available time and multiple priorities have ways of interesting with our best-intentioned goals. That is what happened to me in 2013 as your president.
We hope to change that in 2014, because the need for use to expand our role is there. Early in 2014, we plan to gather our board and other interested parties to do more thinking about OCOG's future roles and resources.
Currently, OCOG has two primary activities: We generate two annual newsletters that focus on developments with open government issues in Ohio and, upon request, we consider funding amicus "friend-of-the-court"cases that raise significant legal issues.
Ohio Supreme Court expands definition of 'education records' in closely watched OSU/ESPN case
By David Marburger
The score is Ohio State 1, ESPN almost-nothing in the Ohio Supreme Court after the global sports and entertainment broadcast network sued to see former Buckeye football coach Jim Tressel's e-mails in the scandal that ultimately cost Tressel his job.
While head coach, Tressel received e-mails from an attorney advising him that some star players on his team — including star quarterback Terrelle Pryor — may have received tattoos from the owner of a Columbus tattoo parlor, and paid for them using Ohio State football memorabilia. Tressel did not inform his bosses at Ohio State about this violation of NCAA rules and nine months later, when the players’ trading of memorabilia for tattoos became public, Tressel still hadn’t told his superiors at Ohio State that he’d already received tips about the problem.
Ohio Roundup
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Editorials
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National News
Obama's FOIA record worse than Bush administration's … Bill to counter lawsuits vs. journalists introduced … Journalists pushing to limit leaks legislation … and more.