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Panel upholds Utah prisons’ records policy for inmates
From Daily Herald:
SALT LAKE CITY — A state panel upheld a new policy by the Utah Department of Corrections that limits the number of documents it provides free of charge to inmates.
However, prisons must find a way for inmates to review records they can't afford to have copied, the panel said.
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How Washington State uses Legislative privilege to stifle Right to Know
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 16, 2012
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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Phillip Balboni, founder of NECN and GlobalPost, to receive NEFAC’s annual Hamblett Award on Feb. 8
Louisiana death row inmate sues DOJ over access to records
Questions raised about how Oregon lawmakers archive public records
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam leaves open records rules unchanged
Rutland court dismisses suit against parent requesting public records
Air Force may limit access to criminal records
From Air Force Times:
The Air Force is changing the rules on how the media and general public get information about airmen accused of crimes.
A recent Air Force Instruction lists several changes to how the service applies the Uniform Code of Military Justice that are intended to protect the privacy of accused airmen at the expense of the public’s right to know.
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