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Appellate panel rules in favor of The Advocate in public records suit

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From The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA:  A panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge provided no safe haven Friday for the LSU system’s efforts to keep secret records of its search for a new president. That search ended in March with the selection of F. King Alexander, former president of California State University in Long Beach, Calif.

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Pennsylvania lawmakers consider tweaking open government records law

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From NewsWorks:  The 5-year-old Right-to-Know law could be in for some major tweaks.

Office of Open Records Director Terry Mutchler says she's concerned that the approach taken by the House could compromise Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know law in the spirit of improving it.

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Opinion: Push in Sacramento to seal pension data based on false premises

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Opinion from Terry Francke, general counsel of Californians Aware, via San Jose Mercury News:  Recent press reporting suggests that legislators in Sacramento, pressured by state employee unions and retiree associations, may be considering amending the California Public Records Act to exempt from public disclosure the names of CalPERS pensioners linked to their retirement payments — information that's been open to public scrutiny for the past 28 years.

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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for July 19, 2013

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From NFOIC:  A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week.

While you're at it, be sure to check out State FOIA Friday Archives.

Toledo mayor refuses to release a police department gang-turf map

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Denver launches financial transparency website, displays checkbook

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From The Denver Post: Denver just opened the book on its finances.

The city and county of Denver launched "Transparent Denver" on Wednesday afternoon, a website displaying city finances that before were only available through public-records requests and deeper digging.

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Small California publisher wins public records case

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From San Jose Mercury News:  A state Court of Appeal has ruled that a small-town California newspaper publisher does not have to pay legal fees to a school board he sued over his public records request —a decision hailed by First Amendment advocates as a victory for government transparency.

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S.C. Supreme Court rules public bodies cannot say FOIA hurts speech

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From Miami Herald:  Public bodies in South Carolina cannot use the Freedom of Information Act to justify decisions not to release records or hold open meetings, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday.

In a 3-2 decision, the state Supreme Court ruled that a circuit judge should not have allowed the South Carolina Association of School Administrators to argue that open records requirements harmed its members' free speech rights.

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