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First Amendment lawyer says rulings eroding law on Ohio open records
From Toledo Blade:
COLUMBUS — If the current state of public records law were a student, Ohio should be worried that the once-star pupil is now in danger of failing, a First Amendment lawyer said Thursday.
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Missouri House, Senate approve separate open records bills
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for February 15, 2013
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Bipartisan bill would prohibit warrantless drone surveillance
Knight News Challenge: How might we improve the way citizens and governments interact?
From Knight Foundation News Challenge:
In many ways it’s easier than it’s ever been to learn about and interact with the institutions and communities around us. But there’s a long way to go. How can we make the places we live more awesome through data and technology? How can we make public information more relevant and useful? This is the Knight News Challenge: Open Gov.
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Congress asking the right questions on FOIA
Obama drones memo disclosure could change FOIA cases
From Huffingtonpost:
Until last week, the Obama administration's official position was that it had never technically acknowledged the existence of a memo from the Office of Legal Counsel laying out the legal framework for the targeted killing of an American citizen.
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Has Obama kept his open government pledge?
From ProPublica:
After eight years of tightened access to government records under the Bush administration, open-government advocates were hopeful when Barack Obama promised greater transparency.
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Florida public records: Openness aids all
Editorial from TheLedger.com:
Government is nothing if not records. In Florida, it starts with the state constitution.
Famously, in Florida, records are assumed to be open — although there are exceptions.
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