September 16, 2011
From the Walton Sun:
If you want to know more about public records and how to obtain them, you need to be at the First Amendment Foundation's annual Sunshine Seminar in Panama City on Tuesday.
The one day seminar at FSU-PC's Holley Center gives an overview of Florida’s public records and public meetings requirements, providing information for anyone who uses public records.
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September 14, 2011
From Mo. Attorney General's Office:
Jefferson City, Mo. – A free workshop pertaining to the Missouri Sunshine Law will be held on Tuesday, September 20 at 9:00 a.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 2nd floor, City of Overland, 9119 Lackland Road, Overland, Mo. 63114. The public is invited to attend, along with all interested elected officials and members of boards and commissions.
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September 14, 2011
From Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
Washington, D.C. — The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today published the 6th Edition of its Open Government Guide, a comprehensive overview of open records and open meetings laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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September 14, 2011
From The Atlantic:
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September 14, 2011
From Politico:
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Central Intelligence Agency does not have to release any records related to its use of unmanned drone aircraft to kill suspected terrorists in Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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September 14, 2011
From Informationweek:
Most people prefer to use their PCs to interact with the federal government online or through email, although they still expect the feds to provide multiple channels for delivering services and information, according to new research by IDC.
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September 12, 2011
From nextgov:
An unofficial analysis of the roughly 1,800 top-level federal Web domains shows nearly a quarter of them are now unreachable.
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September 9, 2011
From The Hill:
A group of Senate Republicans are demanding the supercommittee tasked with finding $1.5 trillion in budget savings make all its deliberations public … and provide streaming video or audio of each moment of its deliberation.
The supercommittee met for the first time Thursday and voted to allow some private meetings.
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A few items selected from many of interest in the last few days.
Court ruling undermines privacy exemption to FOIA
A ruling Tuesday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit could signal the death knell for—or at least the erosion of—a two-decade-old Supreme Court case that has stymied many a Freedom of Information Act request.
Visit Politico for the rest.
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