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Another official resigns in central Ill. village
From the Chicago Tribune:
SPARLAND, Ill. — Another official has resigned in Sparland, leaving the central Illinois village board with no quorum.
The departure of trustee Kenneth Crew brings to six the number of officials who have resigned in the last few days.
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CIA refuses to respond to FOIA request regarding Occupy movement
From www.Salem-News.com:
(WASHINGTON D.C.) – The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is refusing to process a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that would reveal what role, if any, the agency has played in law enforcement’s coordinated, nationwide campaign to shut down and evict Occupy movement encampments in cities throughout the country.
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Wisconsin State Supreme Court to hear case on public record fees
From The Journal Sentinel:
The state Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear arguments over whether previous Supreme Court decisions authorized government officials to charge for time spent by employees to separate and redact confidential information from public records.
The case stems from a lawsuit filed by the Journal Sentinel over fees the City of Milwaukee charged for public records.
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Vermont panel recommends taxes be public
from vt.Buzz:
The Public Records Legislative Study Committee — meeting last week for the last time before the Legislature reconvenes in January — seems to have settled a few issues, sort of.
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Favoring disclosure: Court strengthens state public records law
Opinion from Las Vegas Review-Journal:
There is one, overriding reason why Nevada has such a clear, strong public records law: A democracy can't survive without transparency. The public won't have confidence in government institutions or elected officials if the records that document the public's business aren't open to inspection. Secrecy begets tyranny.
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Court denies fee award in JFK assassination records suit
From Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled that a journalist who sued the CIA under the federal Freedom of Information Act to release certain John F. Kennedy assassination records was not entitled to attorney’s fees.
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Rapid City Council spends more time in executive session than any city in South Dakota
From Rapid City Journal.com:
Although many of the incumbents in next month’s mayor and city council races pledge they are proponents of open, transparent government, they operate the most closed-door city council sessions in South Dakota.
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N.J. pays newspaper $40K in legal fees
From nj.com:
NEPTUNE — The state education department has paid more than $40,000 to cover the legal fees incurred by a New Jersey newspaper that successfully sued to gain access to department records.
The state said it denied access to the records because it planned to eventually investigate the erasures.
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Secrecy protects doctors with long histories of problems
From the Kansas City Star:
Buried deep in a federal database is Practitioner No. 222117, perhaps the most frequently disciplined doctor in America.
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But who is this doctor? And is he or she still practicing?
We don’t know. The federal government won’t say. And it won’t even let reporters or anyone else investigate to find out.
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