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New Mexico court requires disclosure of public records held by contractors for government
Oppose the anti-speech policy in the Intelligence Authorization bill
From our friends at Project on Government Oversight (POGO):
Dear Senator:
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for July 27, 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:
San Diego County supervisors poised to uphold open meeting law, despite state action
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With California Brown (Act) out, is government there still in the sunshine?
Featured blog from NFOIC Executive Director Kenneth F. Bunting:
COLUMBIA, Mo. — County and school boards, city councils, public commissions and special district governing bodies in the state of California may well continue to hold their meetings in the figurative “sunlight,” as well they should.
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Knight FOI Fund case settled with greater access to emails ensured
Judge backs State Department in WikiLeaks FOIA
From Washington Post:
WASHINGTON — A judge is backing the State Department’s refusal to provide 23 classified embassy cables even though they had already been released by the website WikiLeaks and published by various news organizations.
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N.C., S.C. flunk public records in State Integrity survey
From News-Observer.com:
A study released Monday ranked access to public records in the Carolinas as among the worst in the country.
The study by the State Integrity Investigation, which ranks states by their corruption risk, found that both North and South Carolina public record laws fail to provide an appeals process for denied requests or impose penalties on agencies violating public records laws.
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Californians Aware and Times sue Coliseum Commission for public records
From Courthouse News Service:
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Times claims in court that a deal to privatize Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was negotiated behind closed doors, and that the Coliseum Commission blew off the newspaper's requests for public records.
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Sexual assault victim’s tweets about attackers prompt contempt case
From The Courier-Journal:
Frustrated by what she felt was a lenient plea bargain for two teens who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her and circulating pictures of the incident, a Louisville 17-year-old lashed out on Twitter.
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