From The Republic:
SUMTER, S.C. — A Sumter newspaper is appealing a judge's ruling that autopsy reports in South Carolina are not public records.
A lawyer for The Item said the judge was wrong to rule that autopsy reports are medical records that are required to be kept private under state law.
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From Wired UK:
Wired is teaming up with the Omidyar Network and the UK'sDepartment for International Development (DfiD) to host Open Up!, a day exploring the fast-growing field of transparency and open government on 13 November.
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Commentary from Jim Newton at the L.A. Times:
The ability of Californians to scrutinize their government may rest on the outcome of a little-known case unfolding in a tiny Northern California town.
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From Rio Grande Sun:
The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government held its annual Dixon lunch Oct. 3 in Albuquerque. The group honored four people who represent what is good in government, journalism, politics and the legal world. Additionally we honored Jim Dines, a recently retired lawyer who spent much of his career fighting for the cause of open government.
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From the Tully Center for Free Speech:
Lamees Dhaif, an independent Bahraini journalist and human rights activist, will come to Syracuse University October 15 as the recipient of the 2012 Tully Award for Free Speech. The award, presented annually by the Tully Center for Free Speech in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is given to a journalist who has faced a significant free speech threat.
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From the Newspaper Association Managers:
National Newspaper Week this year runs from October 7-13, the first full week in October, NAM has sponsored the NNW since 1940. This year, the theme is: “NEWSPAPERS – The Cornerstone of Your Community.”
National Newspaper Week materials will be available for download at www.nationalnewspaperweek.com.
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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:
Michigan schools create their own FOIA interpretations
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 12, 2012
