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Public’s business shouldn’t be ‘private’
From WisconsinWatch.org:
Wisconsin’s Open Records Law asserts the public’s right to the “greatest possible information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those officers and employees who represent them.”
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KTVU investigates Chevron refinery’s inspection records
From KTVU.com:
RICHMOND, Calif. — The Chevron refinery in Richmond remains crippled following the Aug. 6 fire, though repairs are reported to be on the fast track.
But was the fire was an aberration or the culmination of a long series of events?
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Oakland Council candidates asked to sign ‘open government’ pledge
UTA steps back from claim Tribune story was criminal
Remarks on civility and the First Amendment
Remarks from NFOIC's executive director, Kenneth F. Bunting, at the 2012 MizzouDiversity Summit on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus:
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 2, 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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Federal judge prods FBI over future Internet surveillance plans
From CNET:
A federal judge has rejected the FBI's attempts to withhold information about its efforts to require Internet companies to build in backdoors for government surveillance.
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EFF files FOIA suit for answers re: predator drone flights in U.S.
From Electronic Frontier Foundation:
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tuesday, demanding answers about how and why it loans out its Predator drones to other law enforcement agencies across the country.
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