Maine governor vowed transparency, now seeks more secrecy than law allows
Opinion from George Smith, writer and TV talk show host, via Kennebec Journal:
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FOI laws protect right to know, but few putting them to use
From NorwichBulletin.com:
James McNair, a former Colchester school board member, calls himself “the FOI guy.”
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Lakeland (Fl.) public records watchdog Joel Chandler honored
From TheLedger.com:
LAKELAND | Joel Chandler's success in taking on public agencies that balk at turning over documents deemed in the public domain has earned the Lakeland man the 2012 Local Hero Award of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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Website publishes FOIA requests sought by California Congressman
Matt Ehling wins Finnegan Freedom of Information award
From MinnPost:
Matt Ehling, a television TV producer, documentary filmmaker, writer and MinnPost contributor, has won the John R. Finnegan Freedom of Information Award, bestowed each year by the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information.
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Celebrating a society built on open government
From Smoky Mountain News:
In this day of Twitter and the blogospere, an increasing number of everyday citizens are turning into reporters who shine a light on the inner workings of our government. We welcome them to join us as watchdogs of local government. We're all fighting for the same cause. And every one of those citizens has the same rights to information as members of the traditional media.
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Following the Money 2012
Fla. open government advocates to focus on rights of speakers at public meetings
From The Republic:
ORLANDO, Fla. — Advocates of Florida's open government laws should focus on the rights of speakers to have their voices heard at public meetings and push to open up the state's process of making laws to further scrutiny, one of the state's top defenders of government transparency said Monday.
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In the era of shrinking newspapers, public needs to assert rights
Opinion from Palo Alto Patch:
Something is wrong.
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Medical privacy, or public records?
From The Post and Courier:
What do pension records, EMS response time data and coroners' reports have in common?
At some point, South Carolina officials considered all three to be medical records.
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