The Michigan Court of Appeals will be asked to reconsider whether the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association is a public body subject to the state's Freedom of Information Act.
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Read More… from State Supreme Court sends MCCA question back to appeals
A Michigan lawmaker is renewing a push to subject the state legislature and governor's office to requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
This comes the same week the House Business Office released a summary of its findings on the recent sex scandal involving representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat. Continue…
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Read More… from Michigan lawmaker wants FOIA exemption for lawmakers, Gov. removed
GOODRICH, MI – A Goodrich family is fuming over a huge charge the school district proposes for an electronic records search on their son.
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Downtown Publications is appealing the denial of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made to Bloomfield Township on September 14, 2014, requesting information relative to the pension obligation bond issue investments, including a copy of a Miller Canfield review of the investments done this past spring or summer, and any and all reports generated by firms subcontracted by the law firm, which the township's legal counsel in October denied as exempt under "attorney client privilege."
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From Michigan Capitol Confidential: The city of Westland “subverted” Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act and must comply with the law, according to a recent judge’s ruling.
“They [Westland officials] were over charging,” said William Maze, the Livonia attorney who sued the city. “Clearly they were doing it to make a profit.”
Visit Michigan Capitol Confidential for more.
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From Detroit Free Press: LANSING — Two bills that would make it more difficult or impossible for the public to access the criminal records of juveniles and accident records from police passed overwhelmingly in the Legislature on Wednesday.
The first bill, passed unanimously in the Senate, would shut out the public from access to the criminal records of juveniles available on a Michigan State Police-run online data base. The records could be released to other law enforcement agencies and employers who do criminal background checks on potential employees
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Read More… from Bills to limit access to juvenile records, accident reports move forward
From NFOIC: 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. While you're at it, be sure to check out State FOIA Friday Archives.
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 11, 2013
From NFOIC: 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. While you're at it, be sure to check out State FOIA Friday Archives.
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 4, 2013
From Mlive.com: DETROIT, MI — Mayor Dave Bing is credited with restoring a level of dignity to Detroit government in the wake of the Kwame Kilpatrick administration, but there is still work to be done.
“Building an honest and open government” is the topic of a discussion at Wayne State University from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 21 in the law school’s Patriarch Auditorium.
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Read More… from Mich. AG part of forum on ‘clean and open government’ in Detroit
From Mackinac Center: In June of this year, Capitol Confidential sent Freedom of Information Act requests to every municipality in the state which operates a golf course seeking financial information. Westland responded that the city requires a $5 fee up front before they will provide any information.
Westland also charged $1 per page for copying costs and $45.61 per hour for the person gathering the information.
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Read More… from Mackinac Center files FOIA suit against City of Westland, Mich.
