February 2009 archive
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[edit] February
- Zoning Out: Confusion Descends on Jefferson County Petition Process
- Uphold Public’s Right to Know
- Since November, Dunbar has processed six FOIA requests
- Pratt misses Kanawha payroll query deadline
- Dunbar council candidate finds FOIA fee unfair
- Criminal, Other Records Available Online
- Bills in state legislature seek to rein in records "fishing"
- Commission OKs new policy for handling public records
- Bill seeks to halt records 'fishing'
- Judge's ruling defends public access to records
- Use technology to provide public records cheaply
- Records compliance worries school officials
- Paralyzed bicyclist files suit against state over crash on Seattle’s Montlake Bridge
- Gun legislation awaiting Kaine's signature
- Bedford Co. school board chairman defends decision not to identify superintendent hire
- Attorney continues fight to obtain records
- Senate takes up measure to tighten GRAMA requirements
- Public records in UT
- Bill would cut off access to some records
- Perry's camp digs for dirt on Kay Bailey Hutchison at Dallas City Hall
- Insurer's lawsuit fights to keep documents under wraps
- Plan to hide public employees' birth dates may also hide criminal records
- DA files suit to block release of information
- Documents show costs grew for state House lounge renovations
- Agency guiding state schools mum amid fed probe
- Newspaper seeks mandamus over school's failure to release public records
- Johnson: General Assembly seeks to close inboxes to public
- Lawmakers get new shot to close gun permit records
- Knox Co. offices open their records, defend operations
- TN Records access opened
- Open records office is off to a solid start
- TN editorial: Open records a free, easy fix
- Lawmakers Dispute Closed Gun Records
- Panel passes plan for open records
- Open records debate on tap
- Public bodies cannot act outside of the law
- Businessman adds lawsuit against Anderson County
- SC Audits and information
- No determination of public vs. private when commission destroys applications
- Westerly declines to release investigation records
- Ruling: Government employee birth dates are public records in Pa.
- Pa. office rules birth dates are public records
- State rules recordings of public meetings are public
- Open-records chief says meeting tapes are public
- Documents in Right-to-Know case released
- Michael Cavanagh tests open records law
- Findings test new open-records law
- Appeals show what right-to-know requests are being denied
- Meeting tapes are hot open records topic
- Bradford County government launches upgraded Web site
- Devon charter school sues parents
- $1.5 million for Adams' public records? Huh?
- Ore. lawmakers move to close gun permit records
- Bill would shield concealed weapons permits
- Ex-Morgue Worker Sues DA's Office Over Public Disclosure
- Public records should remain public
- School board: superintendent applications are not public records while at post office
- County files probe may take months
- Concrete contractors sue State of Ohio
- CPS chief resumes hidden in box
- Mandan violated open records law, ND AG says
- City was advised of oversight issues in '02
- Oak Island public records suit goes to trial in June
- Complaint lodged at county manager
- Waiver lets state pensioners prosper
- Watchdog says Kingston school district's budget draft should be available to public
- Request denied for information on State Police Investigator arrest
- Maziarz, Golisano team to sue bridge agency
- Tickets? VIP shields elite
- Albany is New York's capital of dysfunction
- Bill limits access to criminal records
- Bills would make government more transparent
- Governor Can't Keep His Hands out of Our Pockets
- School Accountability Law Should Not Change
- Pay-to-play lawsuit: Plaintiff files complaint after records request denied
- State agency won’t release GRIPgate records
- GOP takes e-mail case to NJ court
- EDITORIAL: You've got mail
- NV judge tells school district to release e-mails
- IN DEPTH: Public service pays off
- AG says interviewed applicants are public record
- Neb. high court to decide if burial records public
- Filing reversed roles for deputy county attorney
- County to retract Plum Creek FOIA request
- Government isn't a monarchy
- Secrecy: Senate backslides on openness
- Two bills deal with public-records policy
- Cheese holes best filled one at a time
- FOI award recognizes citizen lobbyist
- St. Louis County commissioner annoyed by cameras at meetings
- Robert Warner: Case of the not-so-public hearing cracked
- Muskegon County judge blocks release of data about Whitehall teacher charged with sex crime
- Bay City officials delay response to Times request for policies
- Chippewa Valley school spending under review
- Forget about the $14K: New price tag for Cambridge Public Schools records: $14.21
- Deal cut on Falmouth High construction
- State says Cambridge Public Schools can't charge $14K for public records
- Less-than-public records
- On FOIA request, deliberate delay invites suspicion
- Ask the Editor — Shining the light, we hope
- Copies for well lawsuit would have cost $200,000
- Mayor: Send Casa funds to Monocacy Boulevard instead
- Monroe City School System stalls on responding to public records request
- City Council may try again to override Nagin's veto
- TV station wants contempt ruling over missing Nagin calendar
- WWL-TV asks judge to hold Nagin, city attorney, city in contempt of court
- Deletions of Nagin's old emails violate his administration's own policy
- Mayor Ray Nagin's 2008 e-mails deleted in violation of records law
- Concern for the public
- Monroe schools stall on records
- Take-home cars, open meetings law likely to create fresh disputes at City Council meeting today
- Press group opposes closing records of legislative probes
- Call ‘911’ — lawmaker stealing access to progress
- Keep public records open
- Ky. bill advances to keep 911 calls off airwaves
- Secrecy clouds search for Wichita superintendent
- Wichita superintendent search a numbers game
- Senate passes public records, animal-cruelty bills
- State Senate OKs tougher public records bill
- Timely open access bill in state legislature honors President’s Day
- Let's put some needed teeth in state public records laws
- Obey open records law, or else
- Would reforming county government close Open Door Law?
- Village's response to FOIA incomplete
- Quinn: Govt. information must be released
- Quincy superintendent addresses pay raises
- IL Lawmaker Says Website Would Make Government More Transparent
- Open government will lead to less political corruption
- RidgePort, Diamond, Coal City, Area One back in court
- Attorney general wants teeth for information act
- Ex-gov imposed ‘culture of secrecy’
- Resident denied request for payment history
- Open records policy?
- Judge's ruling may force DCFS into changes
- Lawmakers may take aim at school superintendent contracts
- You need to fight for public information
- Liberty Leaders - Brian Costin
- Public needs this information now
- Public Forum for Accessing Court Records
- Richert: Stimulus money should be discussed in the open
- Clarke BOE, counsel need schooling on records
- BOE lawyer delays contract release
- DHR consultant’s pay probed
- APD reports and Chief “Spinnington”
- Franklin blasted for limiting access to police records
- Some HOAs subject to Sunshine, lawyer says
- Editorial: Don't let Florida legislators delete the public record with one keystroke
- Leonard Dietzen: E-mail retention policy needs improvement
- Ken Weiss, St. Pete Beach lock horns over public records fee
- Technology leaps beyond Florida public records laws
- Florida lawmakers regularly delete e-mail
- Appeals Court Says Vanette Webb, Former District 5 School Board Member, Can Seek $200,000 From Board
- We think: Follow-through is needed to make public meetings, records more accessible
- Digital age Sunshine
- Small-Town First Selectmen Want Website Law Repealed
- POMFRET: Ruling Says Panel Violated FOI Law
- Winsted FOI hearing revisited
- Small Towns Seek Relief From Web Law
- Becker wins points in FOI complaint, but panel doesn’t throw out vote
- Litchfield zoning board violated FOI law
- FOI officer: Winsted violated Freedom of Information law
- Wallingford Housing Authority votes to charge for FOI requests
- FOI Hearing Officer Rules Against City
- Tontitown turmoil : Consultant, alderman sue Tontitown mayor
- Attorney: FOIA was violated at meeting
- Bill to facilitate background checks of elected officials defeated
- Legal entanglements between East Palo Alto, Page Mill worsen
- Sheriff's officials' texts show combative view toward gun activists
- Court: Coroner Reports Exempt Under Public Records Act
- Some autopsies can be kept secret, court says
- UC-Berkeley admits to misleading public
- Tax dollars to lobby for more government
- Our View: Open records crucial to accountability
- Government info: You bought it, you should be able to see it
- Board releases terms of AHM contract buyout
- Legal issue at the root of council's tree e-mails
- Bill Gives FOI Winners Attorney’s Fees
- ACLU requests records of ICE raid in Flagstaff
- Sheriff Arpaio seeking county workers' records
- Lawmakers: State Withheld Budget Figure On Energy'
- Denver Health Refuses Access To Report
- No inmates boarded outside of county in last four months
- Doyle proposal would remove some court records
- How public should our records be?
- Colony Mayor refuses to release records
- Appeals judges hear arguments in newspaper’s public records case against city school board
- Bobby Jindal and the battle over Sheriff Harry Lee
- Judge orders end to destruction of Nagin e-mail
- Calculating the real cost of public education in Oklahoma
- California government corruption
- Arkansas government corruption
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