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U.S. owes attorneys fees to man who sued over improperly withheld immigration docs
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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Misuse of Minnesota drivers’ records is relatively common
From StarTribune.com:
Police and other public employees in Minnesota have routinely abused their access to the massive state drivers' license database, looking up personal information on citizens thousands of times for their own purposes, records show.
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LSU shouldn’t withhold records on hospital cuts
How to sabotage California’s Public Records Act
Opinion from Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition.
If you were looking for a way to sabotage America’s freedom-of-information laws, you couldn’t do much better than a legal strategy being pursued by government entities in two California towns.
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear Va. FOIA case re: out-of-state-requests
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a Virginia FOIA case that is challenging citizens-only provisions in state public disclosure laws.
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ACLU seeking the truth about the CIA’s detainee abuses
Tips to help your FOIA request get results, Mich.
From Detroit Free Press:
The Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) sets requirements for disclosure of records by all public bodies in the state. To obtain records, any citizen can submit a request in writing and note that the information is being sought under the act.
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FOIAonline goes live
From TechPresident:
A group of federal agencies on Monday unveiled a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request portal that they hope will greatly improve the processing of FOIA requests.
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