The Freedom of Information Act is widely viewed as a successful piece of legislation that helps increase government transparency. But if Missouri State Rep. Jay Houghton (R) has his way, residents of his state will soon have significantly less access to the financial and health records of Missouri’s meat and agriculture businesses.
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A big data transformation is evolving apace in government agencies across the United States, and federal organizations will soon join the movement as the historic Data Act has just cleared a major milestone. Teradata Corp. (NYSE: TDC), the analytic data platforms, marketing applications and services company, announced today that supporters of the legislation will gather one week from today, April 29, for the inaugural Data Transparency Summit at Union Market in Washington, sponsored by the Data Transparency Coalition.
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Newsletter from the Florida First Amendment Foundation: In this issue: Barbara Petersen: More sunshine law exemptions, but also some progress – our 2013 legislative session final report, A full agenda at this year’s freedom of information summit, State legislator Mike Fasano wins 2012 Pete Weitzel/Friend of the First Amendment Award, First Amendment Foundation and SPJ-South Florida sponsor series of columns, Your Right to Know – in […]
Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday ArchivesBelow are links to past editions of State FOIA Friday. Click heading for full edition; descriptions include keywords or headlines. We will add to the archive with every new edition.–eds. […] NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for August 17, 2012A 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 […] Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for August 17, 2012 |
