TALLAHASSEE, FL — Some governors left bronze statues behind. Others contributed a library or a sunroom to the Governor’s Mansion.
Gov. Rick Scott envisions a legacy that would create Governor’s Park, across a six block by three and a half block area in downtown Tallahassee.
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Tag: florida transparency
Florida First Amendment Foundation will hit the road in a statewide Sunshine Road Tour
From the Florida First Amendment Foundation:
(February 4, 2013) — Beginning February 4, the First Amendment Foundation will take to the highways for a statewide Sunshine Tour, meeting with editorial boards and citizens throughout Florida to talk about Sunshine in Government.
Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation, will be making the rounds across the state to discuss legislative proposals and possible reforms relating to transparency and access.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for December 28, 2012
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:
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SEIU Sues Jackson Health, CEO Carlos Migoya For Public Records
From Becker’s Hospital Review:
Service Employees International Union Local 1991 has sued Miami’s Jackson Health System and CEO Carlos Migoya over public record requests about hospital business, according to a South Florida Business Journal report.
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Newspaper: Some records withheld in TB outbreak
From San Francisco Chronicle:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — When Jacksonville City Councilman Robin Lumb tried to ask questions about the recent tuberculosis outbreak among Jacksonville’s homeless, he was never able to get answers. … He wanted to know the implications of the Jacksonville outbreak, but the Duval County Health Department wouldn’t return emails, he said. He wasn’t the only one who couldn’t get an explanation.
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Port St. Lucie judge to decide whether taxpayers should pay for public records request for lawsuit
From WPTV.com:
FORT PIERCE — Should Port St. Lucie taxpayers pay the estimated $3.5 million charge to produce public records requested by former members of the Police Department in a lawsuit against the city?
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Florida court records are going on computers — but not online
From Tampa Bay Times:
Florida’s court system is breaking into the digital age. Instead of musty paper files that sit on forgotten shelves in courthouses, county clerks across the state have entered tens of thousands of criminal, civil, traffic and other public records onto computers.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for August 24, 2012
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:
Judge to hear arguments in public records dispute
DOVER — A Superior Court judge has scheduled oral arguments in a case that will determine if a Kent County sewer and water utility is subject to Delaware’s public records law or if the entity can continue to keep its detailed financial and operational documents private.
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County attorney won’t be charged for “technical violation” of state law
From Florida Beach News-Leader:
The Nassau County Attorney Davod Hallman and two planning board members, Pat Keogh and John Stack, may have violated the state Sunshine Law when they discussed public business in private, but charges will not be filed.
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