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DOJ properly withheld documents from grad student

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From Courthouse News Service:

The Department of Justice properly withheld documents relating to its cell phone and email surveillance tactics from a graduate student who asked for them in a FOIA request, a federal judge ruled.

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For some of the documents it withheld DOJ cited "Exemption 5," which lets agencies withhold inter-agency or intra-agency documents that would not be available by law to a party, except to an agency in litigation with the agency.

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New South Dakota Open Government Task Force created

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From The Daily Republic:

PIERRE — Gov. Dennis Daugaard and Attorney General Marty Jackley announced the formation of an Open Government Task Force that will study open-record and open-meeting laws in South Dakota to ensure maximum public access to state government business.

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Judge awards $186 in FOIA case against city of Blytheville (Miss.)

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From Blytheville Courier News:

Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Pam Honeycutt awarded former Blytheville City Councilwoman Carol White a total of $186.37 in her Freedom of Information Act case against the city of Blytheville Monday afternoon in Mississippi County Circuit Court.

Honeycutt gave the city 60 days to pay the amount, which includes a $165 filing fee and $21.37 in mailing costs.

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Step one in data-mining America: Build a big database

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From ACLU:

A few days ago, we highlighted the drastic privacy implications of new guidelines issued to govern data-mining by the National Counterterrorism Center (“NCTC”). Yesterday, we testified to Congress about the problems with the guidelines, and we filed three Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests to learn more about how the guidelines will affect the privacy of millions of Americans.

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Mass. Attorney General seeks to clarify Open Meeting Law

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From GazetteNET:

NORTHAMPTON – It's been more than a year since the Northampton City Council held an executive session, but the last time it did meet behind closed doors, it violated the Open Meeting Law, according to a ruling this week by the state attorney general's office.

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