NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for July 5, 2013
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 ...
Michigan legislation would limit Freedom of Information Act costs for public
From The Oakland Press: When Oakland Township resident Marc Edwards was curious to know what official business his township officials were discussing via email, he decided to send a Freedom of Information Act request to the township to obtain d ...
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh files suit over FOIA request
From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Federal health officials broke federal laws by stonewalling legal attempts to learn how they created new rules requiring employers to pay for insurance that covers contraception, sterilization and abortion, accordi ...
Transparency four years later
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NSA uses Glomar response in FOIA request
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Open Government projects receive more than $3.2 million as winners of Knight News Challenge
From Knight Foundation: CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – (June 24, 2013) – Knight Foundation today named eight projects as winners of the Knight News Challenge on Open Gov, awarding the recipients more than $3.2 million for their ideas. read more ...
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for June 28, 2013
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. Acting ND University System chancellor says NDSU president emails are not gone for good read more ...
New Mexico Foundation for Open Government has new executive director
From NMFOG: The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government has a new executive director. read more ...
Electronic Frontier Foundation requests facial-recognition records
From Courthouse News Service: SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a technology watchdog, wants the Justice Department to hand over facial-recognition records before switching on the FBI's "bigger, faster and better" biometrics system. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Justice in a federal FOIA complaint. It claims the FBI has been "dragging its feet" for a year on three FOIA requests. read more ...
Sen. Wyden denounces bulk phone record collection at ASNE convention
From The Washington Post: WASHINGTON — A senator who has been instrumental in the fight for open government warned Wednesday that the government’s practice of “vacuuming up the phone records of millions of law-abiding American ...
