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Sunday, November 18, 2007 - Posts

New Mexico paper seeks records regarding taxpayer-funded Hawaii trip by 362 Navajos

The Daily Times of Farmington, N.M., submitted 147 freedom of information requests to Navajo and federal government officials asking who benefited from subsidized travel for hundreds of Navajos to a Hawaii conference. U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici also is demanding

South Carolina paper gets county credit card statements

Here's a great use of public records laws that any journalist can do. The Aiken Standard of South Carolina obtained through a public records request employee credit card statements from the county government, then posted the statements online to let the