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Thursday, November 29, 2007 - Posts

Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:12 PM

SPJ expands Sunshine Campaign to local and state level

In 2008, SPJ will help extend the ASNE Sunshine Campaign to the local and state level by identifying FOI issues specific to each state and encouraging journalists to ask political candidates how they stand on the issue. See SPJ press release.
posted by DavidCuillier | 0 Comments
Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:59 PM

Pennsylvania open record law moving through Legislature

The Pennsylvania Senate approved its version of the open records law (SB1) and the House now has it on the floor for debate (HB2072). The proposals would provide some benefits for open government, but still some drawbacks, such as making secret 911 records,
posted by DavidCuillier | 1 Comments
Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:38 AM

Virginia court rules that officials don't get to decide what e-mails are private

A District Court judge in Virginia ruled this month that a government official doesn't get to pick which of his or her e-mails are private and which are public. In the case, a citizen requested e-mails regarding a certain land-use issue sent to and from
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