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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 - Posts

University donor information to be secret in Virginia

Public universities in Virginia will be able to hide the names of donors if the governor signs this donor-secrecy bill. This is bad stuff. It opens the door for people to influence policy and admissions through secret bribes. That's what a student journalist

Maryland bill would require court orders to open records regarding pending lawsuits

A Maryland legislative bill would require anone seeking public records regarding pending litigation to obtain a court order. Egads! We've seen officials use the "pending litigation" excuse to go into secret meetings, sometimes calling anything that could

Utah bill would conceal names of animal researchers

A bill passed by the Utah House of Representatives and now headed to the governor to sign would make secret private information about animal researchers at state universities. The backers say it's needed to protect the safety of researchers. However,