SALT LAKE CITY — A physics professor, curious about local political spending, has won his Utah Supreme Court bid to open records from the former Envision Ogden civic group.
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From The Salt Lake Tribune: The operator of a website that publishes jail-booking pictures sued Salt Lake County on Tuesday for refusing his request for photographs of people admitted to the Salt Lake County Jail during 17 days in January.
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From The Salt Lake Tribune:
The State Records Committee’s first ruling Thursday was bittersweet for board members and came without hearing a word of testimony.
The seven-member panel honored its departing chairwoman with a formal order recognizing Betsy Ross for her 18 years on the committee, a stint spanning the history of Utah’s current open-records law.
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for February 1, 2013
From Daily Herald:
SALT LAKE CITY — A state panel upheld a new policy by the Utah Department of Corrections that limits the number of documents it provides free of charge to inmates.
However, prisons must find a way for inmates to review records they can't afford to have copied, the panel said.
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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:
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 2, 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:
Records reveal Boston police spy on political and peace groups
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 19, 2012
From The Salt Lake Tribune:
On paper, Utah’s records law looks pretty straightforward, but in practice some records requests in small Utah towns can lead to deep fissures with personal attacks and legal maneuvering.
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Read More… from Campbell: Cedar Hills case shows scars of fight for open government
