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Fairfax County (Va.) increases efficiency by putting land use data online
From GovOnline:
For state and local governments, the storing and dissemination of records, information and data is an enormous but essential daily undertaking. From birth certificates to driver’s licenses and other important records, citizens, government employees and private enterprises need to be able to access the records that government agencies keep.
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Obama calls on federal agencies to reform record-keeping
From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
President Obama issued a memorandum today calling for federal agencies to submit specific plans to reform records management practices, and report to the Office of Management and Budget within 120 days.
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Right-to-know law challenge may head to N.H. Supreme Court
From UnionLeader.com:
LITTLETON — A New Hampshire attorney with years of experience in cases involving the state’s right-to-know law thinks the question of who should pay for records in a Littleton legal battle — the town and its police department, or a local merchant who wants the documents — presents a legal argument that’s likely headed for the state’s high court.
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FOIA findings reveal secret Fed loans gave banks undisclosed $13B
From Bloomberg:
The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing.
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Brazil 89th country to enact a freedom of information law
From National Security Archive's Unredacted blog:
On November 18, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed two major pieces of legislation: the Law of the Truth Commission (Lei da Comissão da Verdade) and the Law of Access to Public Information (Lei da Acesso à Informaҫão), making Brazil the 89th country in the world to enact a freedom of information law.
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NFOIC’s FOI Friday for November 25, 2011 — on Wednesday, November 23
True, it's not Friday (at least at the time of this posting), but Friday (in some circles) being a state of mind, and freedom of information a right at all times, allow us to post this week's FOI Friday on this Wednesday.
And, while we're at it, Happy Thanksgiving!
Below, per usual, a few items selected from many of interest that we might not have drawn attention to earlier:
Treasury Dept. gives FOIA a technology makeover
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FBI claims to have no documents on Occupy Wall Street
Iowa ruling clarifies who must pay legal fees in FOI suits
From Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
The Iowa Supreme Court recently clarified the state’s open records statute by ruling that a government agency must prove it acted in “good faith” in withholding documents if it wants to not be liable for paying attorneys fees of people who successfully challenge freedom of information decisions.
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FOIA complaint filed against Delaware’s Capital School District
From DoverPost.com:
Dover, Del. — The fallout continues over the Capital School District Board of Education’s decision to quietly give administrators a pay raise this past summer.
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This autumn, Capital is defending itself against a Freedom of Information Act compliant levied against it in October in part because of [an] Aug. 24 meeting.
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