From FOX11:
MADISON (AP) – Wisconsin taxpayers are on the hook for a $60,000 legal bill in a state open records dispute.
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Illinois AG upholds FOIA request
From The Register-Mail:
GALESBURG — The Illinois Attorney General’s office has ruled that Knox County must turn over documents detailing the settlement amounts of three sexual harassment suits levied against the county and State’s Attorney John Pepmeyer “immediately.”
However, there was no one at the County Courthouse who could make the documents available Friday, the day The Register-Mail received the ruling from the attorney general’s office.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for February 1, 2013
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Court dismisses FOIA lawsuit, upholds secrecy in drone killings of U.S. citizens
From ACLU:
NEW YORK – A federal court today dismissed most of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about the government’s targeted killing of three American citizens in Yemen in 2011: Anwar Al-Awlaki and Samir Khan in September, and Al-Awlaki’s 16-year-old son Abdulrahman in October.
The ACLU plans to appeal the decision.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for December 28, 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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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for December 21, 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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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for December 14, 2012
WA high court to hear KOMO’s public records suit
From KOMOnews.com:
SEATTLE (Dec 5, 2012) — Washington state’s highest court will hear a case brought by the KOMO Problem Solvers involving the public’s right to records.
In the simplest terms, the city of Seattle wants to keep its police dashcam videos under wraps for three years. However, KOMO News believes the public the public should have quicker access to the footage.
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U.S. Court of Appeals rejects CIA’s motion to squash lawsuit on Bay of Pigs history
From Global Research:
Washington, D.C. (Dec 7, 2012) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit yesterday rejected the CIA’s attempt to shortcut the National Security Archive’s lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the last still-secret history of the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for December 7, 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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