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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Read More… from Judicial rulings weaken Ohio public records laws
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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From HuntingtonNews.net:
A two-day radiation dose reconstruction board meeting held in Cincinnati, Ohio may have included revisions to the site profile of the Huntington Pilot Plant, according to Terrie Barrie, founding member Alliance of Nuclear Workers Advocacy Groups.
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HNN has filed a FOIA request for the data.
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Read More… from Possible Huntington Pilot Plant site profile revision; FOIA filed
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:
Open budget application improves Palo Alto, Calif.’s accessibility
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for September 21, 2012
From Cleveland.com:
The Federal Trade Commission knows what its undercover investigators found in sweeps of Cleveland-area funeral homes conducted last year. But you, as a member of the public, aren’t allowed to know – even though the Funeral Rule was created to protect you.
The agency recently denied a Freedom of Information Act appeal for more information about the sweeps and the violations.
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Read More… from FTC keeps funeral rule lapses buried: plain dealing
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:
Legal memo: Text messages are public records in Alaska
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for September 7, 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:
ACLU sues over attorney general's refusal to release records
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey has filed a lawsuit arguing that the state Attorney General's Office is breaking the law by refusing to release records concerning topics ranging from state police overtime to investigative procedures.
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