From the Ohio Coalition for Open Government: The Ohio Newspaper Association has begun pushing four suggestions to improve Ohio’s open records laws.
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Tag: Ohio Newspaper Association
A good bill on open meetings; a bad bill on gun records
Opinion from Ohio Newspaper Association:
One of the major concerns we have had with Ohio’s open meetings law is that it leaves a lot of wiggle-room for public bodies to be overly vague and even evasive about the reasons why they go into executive sessions.
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Therese D. Hayt: Ohio’s public records law is facing new restrictions
From CantonRep.com:
Last week, we celebrated Sunshine Week, the annual observance of the importance of access to public information and what it means to you and our community.
We published several guest columns from representatives of various media organizations around the country and our state. Each one spelled out why public records belong to you, the taxpayer.
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Ohio government turning out the lights on information
From The Columbus Dispatch:
When Ohio lawmakers declared in 1963 that government records belong to the people, there was only one exception in the public-records law — medical records.
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As the national Sunshine Week celebration of transparency begins today, Ohioans have above-average rights to public records and open meetings, according to national ratings, but access isn’t what it used to be.
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Shadows lengthen on access to public records
Editorial from Dennis Hetzel, executive director of the Ohio Newspaper Association:
Every year, Sunshine Week underscores the importance of open government across the nation. It is a perfect moment to share concerns in Ohio about ever-growing exceptions to an open records law that should ensure you have access to information about what your government officials do and how well they do it.
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Judicial rulings weaken Ohio public records laws
From Vindy.com:
If the current state of public-records law were a student, Ohio should be worried that the once-star pupil is now in danger of failing, a First Amendment lawyer said late this week.
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First Amendment lawyer says rulings eroding law on Ohio open records
From Toledo Blade:
COLUMBUS — If the current state of public records law were a student, Ohio should be worried that the once-star pupil is now in danger of failing, a First Amendment lawyer said Thursday.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 9, 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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