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Tag: FOIA requests
Agencies continue to struggle with FOIA requests
Illinois governor cites ‘preliminary drafts’ exemption in FOIA denials
US Customs and Border Protection sharing license plate information
Opinion from ACLU:
Andy Greenberg of Forbes published some shocking information, courtesy of a FOIA project done by our friends over at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC): US Customs and Border Protection is sharing our license plate information with private insurance companies, without any public debate or even forthright public disclosure.
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Oregon AG denies public records request for more info re: tax fraud
Some Northern Virginia supervisors irked by information requests
From nvdaily.com:
Shenandoah County Administrator Doug Walker has been asked to provide the Board of Supervisors with the number of requests he's had this summer for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
He was also directed to provide the board at its Aug. 28 meeting the length of time it has taken county staff to comply with the requests and from where the requests originated.
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Florida newspaper wins red-light camera FOIA case
HUD automates records management to better handle FOIA requests
From Government Computer News:
The Housing and Urban Development Department has automated its case records management to improve compliance with the requirements of theFreedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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DOJ properly withheld documents from grad student
From Courthouse News Service:
The Department of Justice properly withheld documents relating to its cell phone and email surveillance tactics from a graduate student who asked for them in a FOIA request, a federal judge ruled.
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For some of the documents it withheld DOJ cited "Exemption 5," which lets agencies withhold inter-agency or intra-agency documents that would not be available by law to a party, except to an agency in litigation with the agency.
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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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