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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Tag: public business private emails
Editorial: “E” in “email” should not stand for “evasion”
By Kenneth F. Bunting from NFOIC:
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Soon after getting the first CNN producer’s message asking about my availability for a live, next-morning segment with their anchor, I responded affirmatively—even before a half-day meeting had concluded.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal skirts around open records laws
From DailyWorld.com:
Louisiana's public records law gives the governor a sweeping exemption that can keep many issues secret, but the administration of Gov. Bobby Jindal appears to be breaking new ground on ways to keep items hidden from citizens.
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Top Jindal aides use personal email to strategize
NJ Assembly blocks email addresses from release via OPRA
Questions raised about how Oregon lawmakers archive public records
AG guide: Emails relating to public business subject to IPRA
Public’s business shouldn’t be ‘private’
From WisconsinWatch.org:
Wisconsin’s Open Records Law asserts the public’s right to the “greatest possible information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those officers and employees who represent them.”
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When does private email become public?
Where is the D.C. Council’s email transparency?
Editorial from The Washington Post:
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