From Electronic Frontier Foundation:
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Tag: FOIA lawsuits
EFF files FOIA suit for answers re: predator drone flights in U.S.
From Electronic Frontier Foundation:
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tuesday, demanding answers about how and why it loans out its Predator drones to other law enforcement agencies across the country.
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Court orders FBI to release information sought in FOIA request
From Federation of American Scientists:
As often happens, the Federal Bureau of Investigation invoked national security a few years ago to justify withholding certain information from a Freedom of Information Act requester named Deirdre McKiernan Hetzler.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 26, 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:
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Court: California university must move to disclose venture returns
From Reuters:
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct 23, 2012) – The University of California must try to obtain and then disclose closely guarded information on the investment performance of venture capital funds managed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, a state judge said in a tentative ruling made public on Tuesday.
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FBI ordered to pay nearly $500,000 in fees following FOIA lawsuit
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 19, 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:
Records reveal Boston police spy on political and peace groups
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Truthout files FOIA lawsuit against DOJ/FBI re: Occupy documents
D.C. Open Government Coalition sues D.C. Council over use of personal email accounts
U.S. Supreme Court takes up VA law denying non-Virginians right to FOIA requests
From Examiner.com:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it will hear the appeal of Mark J. McBurney and Roger W. Hurlbert, both non-Virginians. McBurney and Hurlbert were denied Freedom of Information (FOI) requests for government documents because Virginia law prohibits non-Virginians from using the Freedom of Information Act law.
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