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Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission Annual Conference—April 3, 2012
From Shipman & Goodwin
Sessions during the all-day affair will focus on questions about the juxtaposition between open government and economic development. Those conference sessions will explore the fact that Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act presumes access to the public’s business and the fact that economic development negotiations can crave secrecy.
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Lawmakers OK Legislation Allowing Ayes, Nays Via Video at School Board Meetings
From TNReport
Local school board members can attend meetings digitally, so long as there is a physical quorum, under a plan that has passed both chambers of the Legislature.
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Declassifying state records after 75 years
From Freedom Foundation
Today the Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee (i.e., the “Sunshine Committee”) discussed a proposal that would allow the State Archivist to unseal public records that had previously been deemed confidential after the passage of 75 years. I testified in support of the proposal.
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Georgia pols fight law opening criminal records even without crime
From FoxNews.com
ATLANTA – For 13 years, a Georgia woman has lived under the shadow of a child abuse investigation, though police cleared her of any wrongdoing.
The welts and bruises on her daughter's body turned out to be an allergic reaction to antibiotics. But the investigation showed up on criminal background checks, restricting her access to jobs, housing and even her daughter's school.
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Fired Idaho transportation director wins key ruling
From The Spokesman-Review
BOISE – U.S. Magistrate Judge Ron Bush has ruled in favor of fired Idaho Transportation Director Pam Lowe on a key point in her wrongful-firing case: That she wasn’t an “at-will” employee who could be dismissed without cause.
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Fired Idaho transportation director wins key ruling
From The Spokesman-Review
BOISE – U.S. Magistrate Judge Ron Bush has ruled in favor of fired Idaho Transportation Director Pam Lowe on a key point in her wrongful-firing case: That she wasn’t an “at-will” employee who could be dismissed without cause.
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FAMU Will Have Hazing Committee Meetings Open To Public
From NBC Miami
Florida A&M University trustees are changing the mission of the school's anti-hazing committee and forcing it to meet publicly
The trustees voted 8-2 on Friday to make the school's new anti-hazing committee an advisory panel.
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Delaware Gov. Markell supports increase transparency requirements for lobbyists
From StateIntegrity.org
Delaware is the latest state to take action on improving its Corruption Risk Report Card grade. With a C- overall grade, Delaware ranked 22nd out of 50 states in the State Integrity Investigation. The overall score was hurt badly by the lack of effective laws and practices governing lobbying activity: Delaware's 43 percent 'F' grade on the lobbying disclosure category was fourth-worst in the nation.
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Pa. court orders state transportation dept. to release speed tracking device records to ticketed speeder
From RCFP
A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled on Tuesday that the state Department of Transportation must release records on speed enforcement devices used by state police agencies in full – without any redactions – under the state's Right-to-Know Law to an engineer whose speeding ticket sparked the requests.
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