From L.A. Now:
Los Angeles County supervisors violated the law last fall by holding a closed-door meeting with Gov. Jerry Brown to discuss a plan to shift nonviolent state prisoners to county jail and supervision after release, according to the county district attorney's office.
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From The Gazette:
Two in three Iowans polled favor the creation of a board in state government to handle citizen complaints about violations of open meetings and access to government documents.
The findings come as Gov. Terry Branstad has joined open government advocates in pushing the Legislature to create such a board, staffed by a full-time attorney, to handle complaints.
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From The New York Times:
Is a FOIA delayed a FOIA denied?
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On Jan. 4, The New York Times received a final response from the Defense Department to a FOIA request made on June 1, 1997. The department sent it by Federal Express, Priority Overnight.
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From The Post and Courier:
The strategy is outlined in an internal memo obtained Friday by The Post and Courier. The Jan. 12 memo, sent to patrol supervisors by Capt. Kevin Boyd, explains that "sensitive information" about crimes should be kept from incident reports available to the media and public.
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From Press-Enterprise:
A Menifee councilwoman’s request for the names of people seeking city records has some frequent requesters crying foul.
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A few open government and FOIA news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier:
South Dakota GOP official joins with Democrats to support open government
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From New Mexico Foundation for Open Government:
The fight for transparent government in New Mexico has a new general.
The Board of Directors of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government announced today the appointment of its next Executive Director, Gwyneth Doland. Doland, a journalist and longtime Albuquerque resident, will take the helm of the statewide non-profit organization Feb. 20.
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From KFMB-TV:
The [San Diego] county Board of Supervisors has done an about face on a controversial land development vote, after a [Californians Aware] lawsuit claimed the Board violated California's open meeting law.
A spokesperson confirmed to News 8 that a re-vote will now be taken on rule changes aimed at streamlining land planning and development in San Diego County.
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Read More… from Open government lawsuit forces revote by county supervisors
