From Des Moines Register:
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Tag: FOIA lawsuit
Judge awards $186 in FOIA case against city of Blytheville (Miss.)
From Blytheville Courier News:
Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Pam Honeycutt awarded former Blytheville City Councilwoman Carol White a total of $186.37 in her Freedom of Information Act case against the city of Blytheville Monday afternoon in Mississippi County Circuit Court.
Honeycutt gave the city 60 days to pay the amount, which includes a $165 filing fee and $21.37 in mailing costs.
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Judge backs State Department in WikiLeaks FOIA
From Washington Post:
WASHINGTON — A judge is backing the State Department’s refusal to provide 23 classified embassy cables even though they had already been released by the website WikiLeaks and published by various news organizations.
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ACLU and Bay Guardian file FOIA lawsuit vs FBI re: spying on Occupy
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for June 29, 2012
A few state FOIA and local and Federal open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
NM court limits executive privilege in IPRA case
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Connecticut newspaper files FOI complaints against Board of Education
From The Westerly Sun:
N. STONINGTON — The Westerly Sun has filed a Freedom of Information Act complaint against the Board of Education, alleging two violations. The complaint alleges that the board failed to give the public the required 24-hour notice of a meeting, and that its members cast anonymous votes on paper ballots.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for June 15, 2012
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
Judge expects Sebring case ruling in week
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American Immigration Council files FOIA lawsuit against DHS
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for May 25, 2012
A few national and state FOIA and open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
ACLU sues DOJ for digital surveillance data
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Judge demands Guantanamo videos
From Josh Gerstein's blog at Politico:
A federal judge has ordered the Defense Department to turn over to the court three video recordings showing Guantanamo prisoners being forced out of their cells.
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