Students seek transparency in UOSA
April 15, 2009: "The UOSA records policy might become more relaxed to accommodate the student body at large.
In response to The Daily’s story about the UOSA records, Nicholas Harrison, member of the Graduate Student Senate, sent Student Affairs Vice President Clarke Stroud an e-mail voicing his concerns over the “restrictive” UOSA records policy." Read the full article here.
Tulsa County clerk removes online copy fee
April 15, 2009: "Tulsa County Clerk Earlene Wilson has removed a $1 printing fee for online records, effective April 1.
The change announced Tuesday for the county’s Web-based real estate records followed articles and an editorial published March 18 in The Journal Record, challenging that fee and others as violations of the Oklahoma Open Records Act." Read the full article here.
Nine Oklahoma cities fail records law test
March 15, 2009: "Attorney General Drew Edmondson said there is "not an excuse” for cities that are violating a state law requiring meeting calendars and agendas to be posted online.
A survey conducted by Oklahoma news organizations and FOI Oklahoma as part of Sunshine Week found at least nine cities are not posting either calendars or agendas for city council meetings on their Web sites." Read the full article here.
Attorneys' advice doesn't excuse Open Meetings Act violation
March 7, 2009: " ‘Acting on the advice of an attorney’ isn’t going to be an easy excuse for willfully violating the Open Meeting Act in the future,” said Joey Senat, Ph.D., OSU School of Journalism & Broadcasting and past president of Freedom of Information Oklahoma.
Senat, himself an attorney and a strong advocate of Freedom of Information in all government areas provided the court’s ruling to FOI members this week." Read the full article here.
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