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Internal Critique of Bush Torture Memos Declassified
Shine a Light on the Defense Budget
From Project on Government Oversight:
POGO and our allies' new campaign to shine a light on the massive defense budget is steadily gaining steam. So far, thousands of people and scores of nonprofit organizations have voiced their support for opening up the Senate markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the bill that allocates hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Haley wants FOIA exemption lifted
From MyrtleBeachOnline.com:
Gov. Nikki Haley wants lawmakers to lift the exemption in state law that allows them to shield their emails and other internal communication from public view.
But how the governor’s office has pursued that goal during the ongoing legislative session has put Haley’s administration at odds with the S.C. Press Association, which represents and serves the state’s daily and weekly newspapers.
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FCC FOIA denial rates higher than CIA for ‘records not reasonably described’
From Daily Caller:
The FCC’s own Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reports suggests that the agency is actually more transparent than the federal government average, putting the agency at odds with numbers recently revealed by Florida House Republican Mario Diaz-Balart.
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Prosecutor: 4 Bono officials to face FOI charges
From NECN.com:
Prosecutor Scott Ellington said Thursday he found sufficient evidence to charge four Bono city officials with misdemeanor violation of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
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NFOIC’s FOI Friday for April 6, 2012
A few open government and FOIA news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier.
Adkisson ordered to release emails
A state district judge on Thursday ruled that Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson must release messages about public business from his private email account, but the legal battle is far from over.
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2012 FOI Hero Award Winner Announced
Toby Nixon, president of Washington Coalition for Open Government (WCOG) and a city council member in Kirkland, Washington, has been selected for induction into Heroes of the 50 States: The State Open Government Hall of Fame for 2012.
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More records from Steve Nunn murder case released
From Courier-Journal:
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government released a second round of files Thursday from the murder case against former state Rep. Steve Nunn, who is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting his ex-fiancee Amanda Ross in 2009.
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Decision on lawsuit may take months
From Asbury Park Press:
When exactly can the information floating inside a computer be considered a “government record” that is open to public inspection? It’s a question being considered by the courts as a result of a lawsuit by the Gannett New Jersey newspapers against the small Somerset County borough of Raritan.
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