From ZDNet:
Google’s transparency report shows a general trend in rising requests by governments, law enforcement agencies and the courts, to takedown content that infringes rights or breaks the law.
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October 26, 2011
From The Republic:
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From Enterprisenews.com:
BOSTON — Government transparency advocates hope backroom casino talks and recent Beacon Hill scandals will lend new momentum to legislation that would toughen open meeting and public record laws this year.
Supporters especially hope to pass one of several bills to finally end the Legislature’s self-granted exemption from the state’s Open Meeting Law.
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From ProPublica:
A proposed rule to the Freedom of Information Act would allow federal agencies to tell people requesting certain law-enforcement or national security documents that records don’t exist – even when they do.
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NFOIC’s FOI Friday for October 21 2011
A few items selected from many of interest recently.
Federal court rules that petition signers’ names can be made public
COLUMBIA, Mo. (October 21, 2011) — The Washington Coalition for Open Government and freedom of information advocates everywhere are celebrating a major victory in a case supported by the National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC) and the Knight FOI Fund.
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Federal court makes Washington petition signers’ names public
From Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
A federal court in Washington state lifted an order preventing the release of the identities of more than 137,000 people who signed a 2009 petition to challenge a Washington law that would extend benefits to same-sex domestic partners.
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Representative holds secretive town hall meeting
From Politico:
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) asked a local paper not to publicize her town hall meeting out of concern that it would attract protesters, a new report says.
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Judge rejects Arkansas attorney general’s request to stop ruling striking down part of FOI
From The Republic:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A western Arkansas judge has refused a request from Attorney General Dustin McDaniel to review a ruling against part of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, a move likely to send the case to the state Supreme Court.
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Open states: Transparency for state governments using open data
Austin gets help making city government more open
October 19, 2011
From KUT News:
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