From Park Rapids Enterprise.com:
Hubbard County will implement a fee system for retrieval of online land records, in part to protect a valuable commodity and to protect taxpayers’ interests.
The county has subscribed to an online program that makes public property records such as locations and deeds more accessible.
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From IndyStar.com:
Nancy Sebring says officials with Des Moines Public Schools have been slow to respond to requests for emails that she believes will “give a full picture” of what transpired following her May 10 resignation.
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Read More… from Des Moines Public Schools dispute open records costs
From Government Computer News:
The Housing and Urban Development Department has automated its case records management to improve compliance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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Read More… from HUD automates records management to better handle FOIA requests
From Las Cruces Sun-News:
The Sun-News filed a complaint Monday with New Mexico Attorney Gary King, raising questions about a possible violation of the state’s Open Meetings Act.
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Read More… from Sunland Park open meeting complaint heads to attorney general
From Des Moines Register:
The state of Iowa will pay $30,500 in legal fees accumulated by a newspaper in a lawsuit over access to records from the University of Iowa.
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Read More… from State panel OKs $30,500 payment to newspaper for legal fees in open-records suit
From Florida Beach News-Leader:
The Nassau County Attorney Davod Hallman and two planning board members, Pat Keogh and John Stack, may have violated the state Sunshine Law when they discussed public business in private, but charges will not be filed.
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Read More… from County attorney won’t be charged for “technical violation” of state law
A public records project that looks at book challenges in schools in Missouri and across the country.
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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:
Protesters request public records on use of force at Burlington protest
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for August 3, 2012
