From The Republic:
CHARLESTON, West Virginia — West Virginia’s affiliate of the ACLU is participating in a project examining local police use of military technology and tactics.
The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia Foundation and 23 other ACLU affiliates across the country have filed public records requests with law enforcement and military agencies.
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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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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 16, 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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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 2, 2012
From News and Sentinel:
PARKERSBURG – Doddridge County officials remain tight-lipped on the details surrounding the shooting deaths of Fred and Dixie Spencer and their daughter P.J. and their 16-year-old son who is in custody.
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Read More… from Wood County attorney: Teen’s records confidential
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:
Florida appellate court: Student complaints are public record
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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 meeting law needs looser definition
MASSACHUSETTS—At the risk of sounding like a geezer, I want to tell you a little about what it was like reporting on local government before there was such a thing as an open meeting law.
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From The West Virginia Record:
CHARLESTON — A freelance reporter is suing West Virginia State University for failing to satisfy repeated Freedom of Information Act requests.
Hazo W. Carter Jr., the president of West Virginia State University, was also named as a defendant in the suit.
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Read More… from Reporter sues W.Va. State, president over FOIA requests
From MetroNews:
The Minority Leader in the state House of Delegates says legislation written to update West Virginia's Freedom of Information Act could, in a lot of ways, be a defining moment at the State Capitol.
"We're coming down to, really, where the Legislature needs to make a decision," Delegate Tim Armstead said on Wednesday's MetroNews Talkline.
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Read More… from West Virginia House of Delegates advances FOIA bill
