For the second time in three months, the Center for Public Integrity has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for refusing to release documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced the launch of FOIAXpress software to process and track Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and appeals.
FOIAXpress replaces the agency's in-house FOIA Tracking System (FTS) which has been in use since August 2009. Continue…
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Mayor Rick Lindell said Thursday he will call trustees to set a meeting later this month on finances.
A planned Sept. 24 meeting didn’t happen, with Mayor Lindell saying he’s been busy and there's a “new crew” on the board. Ultimately, he said, he will post last year’s financial report at the village hall and will start doing so on a monthly basis. Continue…
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The civil lawsuit between Michigan State University and ESPN over university police reports involving student-athletes could be headed to the Michiga Supreme Court.
MSU will ask the Supreme Court to hear its appeal, university spokesman Jason Cody said. Cody said the request will happen before the Sept. 29 deadline. Continue…
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Ask any journalist and they’ll tell you the Freedom of Information Act process is broken. Denials are at record highs, navigating the bureaucracy can be a nightmare, and the federal agencies recently killed a modest reform bill. But a series of FOIA lawsuits also have just shown how the 50-year-old transparency law can still be indispensable. And absent any change in the law, the best way for news organizations to make sure it stays relevant is to use it innovatively and aggressively.
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Next to the Federal Election Commission’s front door is a quotation from former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis: “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants."
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The Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, has received a lot of attention lately. As has the subject of public officials using personal e-mail accounts to conduct government business.
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A state panel reviewing Virginia's open records laws recommended narrowing one of the law's most frequently used exemptions Tuesday.
The proposal would not change the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, but would provide clarification in the hopes of preventing the exemption from being used more broadly than intended. Continue>>>
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Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit upheld a request for booking photographs of criminal defendants sought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in Detroit Free Press v. USDOJ. Existing circuit precedent mandated this result. In their brief per curiam opinion, however, Judges Guy, Cook, and McKeague explained why they believe full 6th Circuit should reconsider this holding. Continue>>>
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University officials were found using personal emails while conducting University business, and withheld the emails from several Freedom of Information Act requests, according to a news release.
This comes one day after Chancellor Phyllis Wise resigned from her position, effective Aug. 12. Continue>>>
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