Ohio attorney general’s office creates new mediation program for public records disputes

From Cleveland.com:

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Citizens having problems getting public records from government agencies can now turn to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office for a new forum to resolve the dispute.

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Ohio senator seeks financial records of black lawmakers’ nonprofit organization, accuses group of improper contract award

From cleveland.com:

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A member of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus continues to demand financial records of the caucus’ nonprofit organization and has accused it of improperly awarding a consulting contract to a former state senator with strong ties to the group.

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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for May 4, 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:

NARA Survey Shows Continued Govt-wide Records Mis-Management

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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for April 27, 2012

With a remix of the tried and true FOI Friday, we hereby introduce NFOIC's State FOIA Friday, available same time (Fridays) and same station (NFOIC's blog) with 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:

Dallas police defend email retention policy

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