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Oregon Legislature to adopt transparency rules in 2016

Posted on January 28, 2016

The Oregon Legislature is set to adopt new rules that will make it easier to see how legislation is created and how the state does business.

Senate and House leaders expressed bipartisan support for the changes Tuesday during an annual meeting with press before the legislative session starts Feb. 1.

A major change in the rules is that anonymous amendments to bills will no longer be allowed. Legislators will have their names attached to amendments, and there will be an option to note if a lobbyist sponsored the amendment.

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EDITORIAL: Oregon Attorney General’s skewed public-records task force

Posted on November 16, 2015

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum late last month announced the formation of a Public Records Law Reform Task Force to review and recommend improvements to Oregon's public records laws. In doing so, she expressed confidence "that this representative group will provide real recommendations for the Legislature to improve transparency and access to information about our government."

Representative? Of what, exactly? Certainly not a broad cross-section of political thought, that's for sure.

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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 18, 2013

Posted on October 18, 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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Appeals court finds that Oregon’s online repository of court files is a public record

Posted on August 14, 2013

From Daily Journal: The state online repository of court files is a public record, the Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled, overturning a lower-court judgment that put the state in the awkward position of arguing that its own online registry was insufficiently reliable to establish that a conviction had taken place.

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State FOIA Friday for August 9, 2013

Posted on August 9, 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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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for June 14, 2013

Posted on June 14, 2013

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.

Private prison firm CCA defends record on transparency in Vt.

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Short takes: Sunshine week; Stevenson needs more officers

Posted on March 14, 2013

Editorial from Lebanon Express:

This week is Sunshine Week, where journalists everywhere discuss the importance of open government and access to information.

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For Sunshine Week, just a little light

Posted on March 11, 2013

From Corvallis Gazette Times:

Sunday marks the start of Sunshine Week, the national initiative that’s meant to call attention to the importance of open government and freedom of information.

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Bills would limit Oregon public records law

Posted on February 7, 2013

From San Francisco Chronicle:

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Want to find out if a particular motel has bedbugs? … Who won the lottery? … How much a retired public employee is earning from a pension?

Some in the Oregon Legislature want to keep that information confidential, and several bills would cut off public access to those records.

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Judge slams Coos Bay (Ore.) port for ‘bad faith’ handling of records request on planned coal terminal

Posted on February 4, 2013

From OregonLive.com:

A Coos County judge, in a harsh rebuke to the local port district, ruled that the port "abused its discretion" by attempting to discourage the Sierra Club from obtaining public records involving a proposed coal export terminal.

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