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Tag: Wisconsin open government
Secrecy sparks dispute
From Beloit Daily News: MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A clash between a national conservative think tank and a Wisconsin group that advocates for open records is raising questions about how much of the public’s business can be conducted behind closed doors.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for June 7, 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.
Bulldog open records lawsuit continues
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Sarah Karon: Voucher schools should be more open
From Wisconsin State Journal: Back in 1990, when Milwaukee launched the nation’s first publicly funded voucher program, participating schools could enroll no more than 49 percent voucher students. These schools were considered private, because the majority of their students paid private tuition.
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Group cries foul over UW request to block public records access
From The Cap Times: Animal research at the UW-Madison has long been a touchy subject — and one that some university officials certainly wish would disappear altogether.
Now, activists are claiming the school is looking to limit access to public records as a way to cover up campus research using animals.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for April 19, 2013
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Rock County, Wis., takes streamlined approach to FOIA requests
From Government Technology:
Last year, as word got out about Rep. Paul Ryan running alongside then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the clerk’s office in Ryan’s home county, Rock County, Wis., began fielding a variety of open records requests.
When he was officially named Romney’s running mate in August, an influx of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests funneled into the department, right up until the presidential election.
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Sunshine “Weak:” Wisconsin leaders failing state’s open government traditions
From The Center for Media and Democracy’s PRWatch:
“If Wisconsin were not known as the Dairy State it could be known, and rightfully so, as the Sunshine State,” the Wisconsin Supreme Court observed in 2010. “All branches of Wisconsin government have, over many years, kept a strong commitment to transparent government.”
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Wisconsin State agency lags on records compliance
From WisconsinWatch.org:
What did Mike Huebsch, secretary of the state Department of Administration, know about the circumstances under which a key DOA official abruptly resigned?
That’s what Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Jason Stein was wondering when he put in a request, under the state’s open records law, for emails and text messages sent or received by Huebsch regarding deputy secretary Cindy Archer, around the time of her departure.
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Center for Media and Democracy wins open government award
From The Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch:
The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council has awarded the “Citizen Openness Award” to the Center for Media and Democracy for its efforts to bring sunshine to government operations in 2012.
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