ACLU and Center for Popular Democracy file FOIA lawsuit over efforts to limit municipalities’ foreclosure prevention options
Press release from ACLU: SAN FRANCISCO – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Popular Democracy today filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to compel the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to provide details about the agency's relationship with the financial industry and its efforts to block municipalities from using eminent domain to prevent foreclosures. read more ...
CIA cleared on answer to telepathy FOIA demand
From Courthouse News Service: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) - The CIA properly handled a man's demand for records on his 1966 interrogation regarding telepathy and espionage, a federal judge ruled. Phillip Mosier had sued the agency in San Francis ...
COMPLY-Investor advocates push to see trove of arbitration records
From Reuters: Dec 5 (Reuters) - A long-running battle over whether the top U.S. securities regulator should release records about its supervision of Wall Street's arbitration process is about to go another round, this time with input from a vocal ...
Records on Okla. prison reforms are released
From CorrectionsOne.com: TULSA, Okla — Fifteen months after the Tulsa World requested public records relating to the now-gutted Justice Reinvestment Initiative, Gov. Mary Fallin's office has released more than 8,000 records related to the prison reforms. read more ...
The Center for Media and Democracy may settle open records case
From Sawyer County Record: The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), a Madison-based research and reporting group, is currently in settlement negotiations with the state attorney general's office over an open records case. read more ...
AP files open records lawsuits against NM governor
From Las Cruces Sun-News: SANTA FE - The Associated Press filed lawsuits Thursday against Gov. Susana Martinez and administration agencies for refusing to release records about her work and travel schedules, cell phone calls and expenses of the se ...
‘Giftgate’ prompts ethics reform
From The News Virginia: RICHMOND — Virginia has historically prided itself on its relative lack of government scandals. But recent events — namely when Gov. Bob McDonnell accepted significant gifts from Star Scientific CEO Jonnie W ...
Did South Dakota officials skirt Open meeting laws?
From Rapid City Journal: When Rapid City school officials heard of the dust-up over the Pledge of Allegiance in Sioux Falls, they decided to get out in front of the issue. They had an informal chat among board members, and without any public input or discussion, approved a change in practice by adding the pledge to the beginning of every student's school day. But the change did not sit well with some freedom of information advocates. read more ...
Newtown 911 tapes released after court fight
Newtown school shooting 911 calls reveal a mixture of calm and anguish from the callers, and gunshots from the assailant are heard in the background, audio recordings released on Dec. 4 reveal. Officials in Newtown, Connecticut, released recordings o ...
Colorado earns ‘D’ for judicial financial disclosure
From The Center for Public Integrity: The Center for Public Integrity evaluated the disclosure rules for judges in the highest state courts nationwide. The level of disclosure in the 50 states and the District of Columbia was poor, with 43 receiving failing grades, making it difficult for the public to identify potential conflicts of interest on the bench. Despite the lack of information in the public records, the Center’s investigation found nearly three dozen conflicts, questionable gifts and entanglements among top judges around the country. Here’s what the Center found in Colorado: Strengths: Colorado, one of just eight states to ...
