Mitchell W. Pearlman is former executive director of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission and is now a lecturer in media law at the University of Connecticut. He also currently serves on the NFOIC board of directors. In 2009, Pearlman was inducted into the State Open Government Hall of Fame.
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From The Daily Progress:
One of the suggestions that’s been floated for pushing the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors to engage in more frank discussion? Allow them to meet in private more.
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From LegalNewsline.com:
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service to determine how much taxpayer money was spent on security for President Barack Obama’s daughter’s spring break trip to Mexico.
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From NECN.com:
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After saying last August that a public records request would be fulfilled, Louisiana’s education department is again refusing to provide The Associated Press with records on how schools were chosen to participate in Gov. Bobby Jindal’s new statewide voucher program.
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From Bloomberg:
Glen Milner wanted to know the dangers posed by the Navy’s Indian Island munitions facility near Port Townsend, Washington. So in 2003, he filed a Freedom of Information request.
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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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From Knoxville News Sentinel:
A year ago, President Obama and 46 other heads of state launched the Open Government Partnership, an initiative designed to increase transparency within governments around the world.
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From The Washington Post:
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Justice Department on Friday made public the names of 55 Guantanamo prisoners who have been approved for transfer to the custody of other countries, releasing information sought by human rights organizations.
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From Oregon Live:
For years, Lt. Gov. Brad Owen made the nonprofit Strategies for Youth an extension of his official government duties, even as it paid his wife a salary.
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