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Tag: public officials emails
Lawrence, Mass. official seeks city councilor’s personal emails
From New England First Amendment Center:
Emails dealing with public business sent or received by public officials from their personal email accounts are public records, according to a ruling by the Massachusetts secretary of state.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for February 15, 2013
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D.C. Open Government Coalition FOIA lawsuit prompts change in D.C. Council email policies
Council changes rules, issues new interpretation to settle FOIA case
D.C. Councilmembers and staff cannot avoid the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by doing business on personal, rather than government, email accounts, the Council of the District of Columbia agreed [January 23] in settling a lawsuit brought by the D.C. Open Government Coalition.
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Using personal email makes public business private
NMFOG urges public officials to use official email accounts
Position piece from New Mexico Foundation for Open Government's executive director Gwyneth Doland:
It has long been our understanding that a public record is a public record no matter where it is physically located—whether a report sits in a filing cabinet in the office or in an employee’s briefcase at home, for example.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for December 21, 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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Editorial: “E” in “email” should not stand for “evasion”
By Kenneth F. Bunting from NFOIC:
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Soon after getting the first CNN producer’s message asking about my availability for a live, next-morning segment with their anchor, I responded affirmatively—even before a half-day meeting had concluded.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal skirts around open records laws
From DailyWorld.com:
Louisiana's public records law gives the governor a sweeping exemption that can keep many issues secret, but the administration of Gov. Bobby Jindal appears to be breaking new ground on ways to keep items hidden from citizens.
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