From The Citizen:
PORT BYRON (Nov 27, 2012) – The Port Byron Teachers Association brought the state’s Open Meetings Law and Freedom of Information Law guru to Port Byron High School on Monday with the goal of educating the public about the laws.
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Read More… from New York State open government director speaks at Port Byron
From OpenTheGovernment.org:
Dear Leaders Reid and McConnell,
The undersigned organizations, concerned with government openness and accountability, are writing to thank you for delaying floor action on the Intelligence Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.
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Read More… from NFOIC along with other organizations signed onto letter to Senate leadership
From Courier-Journal:
FRANKFORT, KY. (Nov 25, 2012) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Open Records Act appeal of road contractor Leonard Lawson, who wants a 1983 statement he made to investigators about bid rigging to remain secret.
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Read More… from KY. appeal hearing granted in Leonard Lawson open records case
From Beaumontenterprise.com:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the FBI’s decision to redact information from records sought under the Freedom of Information Act by a Tennessee death row inmate.
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Read More… from Death row inmate loses FOIA lawsuit against FBI
From Navy Times:
(Nov 23, 2012) – The Air Force has set an information release policy that appears to violate federal law, and the National Guard may have followed suit.
The directive, which restricts how documents can be made public, runs counter to the practices of other branches of the military, as well as the Defense Department itself.
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Read More… from Air Force, Guard document rule may violate law
From Standard-Times:
AUSTIN (Nov 25, 2012) — When Texas lawmakers meet, freedom of information advocates try to expand citizen access to government — and fight against proposals that block information.
That lobby effort is under way for the 2013 legislative session, when open government watchdogs will try to build on recent victories while battling bills that would place more limits on the Texas Public Information Act.
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Read More… from Texas advocates to push public information act
We so liked the State FOIA Friday this week, we thought we’d give it this second and special edition.
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:
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Read More… from Special Edition: NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 23, 2012
