From Salt Lake Tribune:
Debate over Utah’s Open and Public Meetings Act — specifically on how to get around it — enlivened recent meetings of the staid Defined Contribution Risk Adjuster Board, or RAB.
The discussion offered an unusually candid glimpse at a ploy used by government entities to skirt the law: meeting without a quorum in closed subcommittees.
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From Delmarvanow.com:
ONANCOCK — An Onancock resident who filed a petition with the General District Court earlier this month claiming the town violated the Freedom of Information Act has asked the court to subpoena Onancock Town Manager/Town Attorney Thomas Robinett and former Town Councilman Kris LaMontagne to appear at a Jan. 11 hearing to receive motions.
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Opinion from Hartford Courant:
The merger of the state's watchdog agencies is making no one happy but the people they scrutinize. One of the agencies, the Freedom of Information Commission, called the consolidation "the greatest setback for good and open government in recent years."
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From the Florida Times-Union:
A Jacksonville man who sued a city pension fund over public records violations isn’t entitled to recover the more than $30,000 he spent on legal fees, a judge has ruled.
Circuit Judge James H. Daniel ruled last week that Curtis Lee was entitled to $1,245 for other expenses he faced suing the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund, but could not get back his lawyer bills.
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From nj.com:
Former Union City Deputy Police Chief Joe Blaettler is going to court in a dispute with his former employer over his Open Public Records Act requests.
Union City Municipal Clerk William Senande has asked for Blaettler to pay $1,920 for the information because of the large size of the OPRA request.
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From Tulsa World:
Tulsa County Court Clerk Sally Howe Smith has begun posting civil pleadings, criminals charges and other court documents on the Internet, she said. However, trial transcripts will not be placed online, Smith said.
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From The Item:
Gov. Nikki Haley said last week her office will preserve all emails sent to or from the governor's email account
The State newspaper reported last month that Haley's staff was deleting emails between Haley and her staff – an action that critics said violated state law.
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From Courthouse News Service:
A New Jersey parent cannot sue a school board to access records about the alleged bullying of his children, a state appeals court ruled.
K.L. sued the Evesham Township Board of Education last year after it refused to turn over records regarding the bullying of his son and daughter, who attended public elementary schools in the central New Jersey township.
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From The State:
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley came into office promising a commitment to transparency, but the deletion of emails by staffers has brought new criticism that the Republican governor has fallen short on that campaign issue.
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