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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:52 PM

New Zealand media, AP, stand united against cricket censorship

New Zealand papers and The Associated Press are some of the media barred from covering the big Cricket Australia tournament because they refuse to sign agreements giving tournament organizers control of their pictures and stories, according to a
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:55 PM

Journalism coalition urges Obama to foster openness

The Sunshine in Government Initiative, which includes SPJ, urged this week that Obama foster openness in federal government. In a letter issued Monday, we urged that Obama should: 1. Restore the presumption of disclosure, which was the presumption when
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:30 PM

Court dockets can no longer be secret in 3rd Circuit

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will no longer make docket information secret. The court had sealed files and even the existence of files until The Legal Intelligencer challenged the secrecy. The U.S. Supreme Court was to hear the case but last
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:08 PM

Open government groups give FOI suggestions to Obama

Dozens of open-government groups, including SPJ, have provided President-elect Barack Obama a list of suggestions for improving government transparency. OMB Watch led the effort to produce the "21st Century Right to Know Recommendations." Former SPJ
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:57 PM

Where is $2 trillion of your money going? Feds won't say

Bloomberg is suing the Federal Reserve Board to find out who is receiving the $2 trillion in federal loans and what kind of collateral has been given to taxpayers to support those loans. By the way, this has nothing to do with that $700 billion taxpayer
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Monday, November 10, 2008 12:34 PM

Quinnipiac backs down on threats against SPJ chapter

Quinnipiac University retracted its threat against the SPJ student chapter, thanks to a spanking by The New York Times and other media. According to a story in the Yale Daily News, the Quinnipiac administration officially retracted its threat to ban the
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Friday, November 07, 2008 2:40 AM

Weber State U. newspaper takes heat for reporting about player charges

A Weber State University football star was in court Nov. 6 on assault charges for hitting people with his car back in July. But he's not the only one facing judgment; the university's student paper is taking heat from some fans for breaking the story.
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Monday, November 03, 2008 1:49 AM

DOJ spells out how FOIA redactions should be marked

The U.S. Department of Justice issued guidelines for federal officials on how to redact documents under FOIA, as per the new amendments passed in the OPEN Government Act of 2007. Now, if you request a federal document and the agency wants to keep some
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Monday, November 03, 2008 1:23 AM

Colorado judge says governor can do phone business in secret

A Denver district court judge ruled last week that records of work-related phone calls made by Gov. Bill Ritter can be kept secret. The Denver Post (see story) had requested the call records of his work-related business that he conducts on his private
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