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Friday, June 27, 2008 - Posts

Toni Locy subpoena likely moot with DOJ settlement

It appears former USA Today reporter Toni Locy won't have to cough up $50,000 or go to jail to protect her confidential sources, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The U.S. Department of Justice settled the Privacy Act suit

CJOG closing its doors: Thanks for all your great work, Pete Weitzel!

The Coalition of Journalists for Open Government, led for four years by Pete Weitzel, will be closing its doors this summer as its funding runs out. The organization (see www.cjog.org) has helped build Sunshine Week and the Sunshing in Government