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:
Three bills increase government transparency in Delaware
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for August 17, 2012
From Park Rapids Enterprise.com:
Hubbard County will implement a fee system for retrieval of online land records, in part to protect a valuable commodity and to protect taxpayers’ interests.
The county has subscribed to an online program that makes public property records such as locations and deeds more accessible.
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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:
Protesters request public records on use of force at Burlington protest
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for August 3, 2012
From News-Observer.com:
A study released Monday ranked access to public records in the Carolinas as among the worst in the country.
The study by the State Integrity Investigation, which ranks states by their corruption risk, found that both North and South Carolina public record laws fail to provide an appeals process for denied requests or impose penalties on agencies violating public records laws.
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Read More… from N.C., S.C. flunk public records in State Integrity survey
From Courthouse News Service:
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Times claims in court that a deal to privatize Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was negotiated behind closed doors, and that the Coliseum Commission blew off the newspaper's requests for public records.
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Read More… from Californians Aware and Times sue Coliseum Commission for public records
From Santa Fe New Mexican.com:
The New Mexico Supreme Court this week significantly curtailed the power of state officials to use executive privilege to deny public records requests.
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In a 21-page opinion, Justice Patricio Serna wrote that executive privilege only applies to the governor and documents involving advice from the governor’s closest aides. It does not apply to cabinet secretaries and other officials, the court ruled.
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Read More… from New Mexico Supreme Court limits executive privilege
