From Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined by 36 other news media organizations, filed public comments calling on the president’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communicati ...

From Detroit Free Press: LANSING — Two bills that would make it more difficult or impossible for the public to access the criminal records of juveniles and accident records from police passed overwhelmingly in the Legislature on Wednesday. The first bill, passed unanimously in the Senate, would shut out the public from access to the criminal records of juveniles available on a Michigan State Police-run online data base. The records could be released to other law enforcement agencies and employers who do criminal background checks on potential employees read more ...

From NFOIC: A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to check out State FOIA Friday Archives. read more ...

From RT: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has turned over new documents detailing how the FBI collects cell phone location information about criminal suspects, but most of the secretive program will remain under wraps for now. The latest trove ...

From McClatchyDC: A FOIA bid by the folks at the Electronic Privacy Information Center for documents held by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has fallen short. In a 14-page decision, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg upheld ...

From PR Newswire: Tax Analysts, the nonprofit provider of federal, state, and international tax news and analysis, announced that the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted its motion for the release of oral arguments in Kerr v. Hickenlooper, a case challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). "This is another step in Tax Analysts' fight for the transparency of tax laws," said Christopher E. Bergin, president and publisher of Tax Analysts. "We remain steadfast in our efforts and mission to improve the integrity of tax systems." The suit was filed by a group of state legislators ...

From The Chippewa Herald: A group of media outlets and organizations advocating for freedom of information filed a motion Tuesday in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals aimed at ensuring that records involving a former aide to Scott Walker are not kept ...

From The Washington Post: The fight by a conservative legal group and Del. Robert Marshall (R-Prince William) to obtain the e-mails written by leading climate change scientist Michael E. Mann while he was at the University of Virginia was shot dow ...

From KJRH: GLENPOOL, Okla. - This little city just south of Tulsa on Highway 75 has grown a lot over the past few years. It has recently added a new community center and city hall, but it's what Tommy Carner says is going on inside the new buildi ...

From Richmond Times Dispatch: In 1996, when the Virginia Coalition for Open Government formed, its founders wanted to make at least one point abundantly clear: The public’s right to know is the public’s right to know. The Freedom of Information Act was not — and is not — a media law. Statistics and anecdotal evidence at the local, state and federal level bear this out. The number of requests for records made by members of the news media pale in comparison with those made by citizens, lawyers, businesses, researchers and academics. read more ...