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FOI Daily Dose: Arkansas blogger sues Secretary of State in ongoing records...
An Arkansas blogger filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Mark Marin and his office July 1 for slowly and inadequately responding to his public records request, according to Arkansas Blog for the...
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Pittsburgh Catholic diocese sues feds for ‘patently uncooperative’ response...
Several months after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh filed a freedom of information request with the federal government to learn how mandatory contraceptive coverage became part of the new...
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Happy FOI-th of July!
This Independence Day marks the 47th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act being signed into federal law, establishing our right to open records and meetings. FOIA puts power in the hands of...
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FOI Daily Dose: Virginia adds FOIA exemptions; Michigan columnist says...
Virginia adds FOIA exemptions Virginia’s General Assembly added new exemptions and language to the state’s Freedom of Information Act on July 1, making information more difficult to obtain, according...
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Connecticut FOI advocate says law after Sandy Hook shootings protecting...
Colleen Murphy, executive director of Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Coalition, is on a task force weighing homicide victims’ privacy under the Freedom of Information Act with the public’s right...
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FOI Daily Dose: Reporters Committee challenges decision hiding records...
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief earlier this month asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision about Exemption 5 of the federal...
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FOI Daily Dose: Illinois attorney clarifies public records ruling; National...
Illinois attorney clarifies public records ruling An Illinois attorney clarified a public records ruling issued July 16 by the Fourth District Appellate Court, according to the Chicago Tribune. The...
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Must read FOI stories – 6/13/14
Every week I’ll be doing a round up of the freedom of information stories around the Web. If you have an FOI story you want to share, send me an email or tweet me. City of Gainesville in Florida opens...
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Must read FOI stories – 7/07/14
Every week I’ll be doing a roundup of the freedom of information stories around the Web. If you have an FOI story you want to share, send me an email or tweet me (Missed last week because of 4th of...
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Must read FOI stories – 7/18/14
Every week I do a roundup of the freedom of information stories around the Web. If you have an FOI story you want to share, send me an email or tweet me. Special congrats to the FOIA advocacy website...
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How to FOIA: Environmental Protection Agency
When an environmental story breaks, there’s one agency that always seems to get called for comment: the Environmental Protection Agency. “Environment” is in the name, after all. EPA handles between...
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