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Tag: Sunshine Week 2013
Christian County (Mo.) officials discuss Missouri Sunshine Law
From Springfield News-Leader:
OZARK — Elected officials in Christian County observed Missouri Sunshine Week by learning how state laws for open records and meetings apply to their work.
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Sunshine Week a dark time this year
From TheCabin.net:
Thank goodness the legislators across the state let us know they support Arkansas’ vanguard Freedom of Information Act. Routinely, they begin conversations saying, “I support the Freedom of Information Act.” If a “but” follows that opening clause, well, at least we know where they stand about the people’s right to know what their government is doing.
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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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Many Florida counties lacking in public records compliance
From News-Press.com:
It seems like a reasonable idea: Before the records in a criminal or civil case can be made public, Florida’s clerks of court must purge them of all Social Security, credit card and bank numbers.
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Have you checked your public records lately?
From Beatrice Daily Sun:
I hate to keep harping on this subject.
Actually, I don’t. The longer I work at the newspaper and the more meetings I go to and information I request, I am becoming a believer that transparency in local government can be improved.
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Shining a light on FOIA practices
From Project On Government Oversight (POGO):
In celebration of Sunshine Week, a number of organizations released Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reviews. These reviews, conducted by National Security Archives, the Center for Effective Government, Cause of Action, Associated Press, and OpenTheGovernment.org, indicate how agencies measure up when it comes to providing the public with information.
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Sunshine Week, Clery Act promote public information access
From The Daily Reveille:
Last week was Sunshine Week, a week created by the American Society of News Editors to promote access to public information for private citizens, according to the Sunshine Week website.
One initiative of the week is to make sure campus police publish an annual security report, have a public crime log and issue timely warnings in instances of emergency, according to the Clery Act.
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Access must not carry a price tag
From The Vallejo Times-Herald:
National Sunshine Week ends today. No, it’s not an homage to Daylight Saving Time. The aim is to remind U.S. citizens that their government is required by the Freedom of Information Act to deliberate and take official actions in public view.
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‘Sunshine Week’ gets cloudy
From Vindy.com:
This week was “Sunshine Week” in Ohio, that time of year when state officials remind the populace of the importance of public records and open meetings and journalists remind the same of the continued erosion of such public access.
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