Seeing like a citizen: How activists are making state laws legible
From Tech President: The Open Government Foundation announced Friday that it had released MarylandCode.org, a web-friendly and restriction free publication of the Maryland Code of Public Laws. read more ...
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for May 10, 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. Attorney General issues informal opinion on Iowa Public Radio questions read more ...
Obama administration pushes open data in executive order
From Computer World: IDG News Service - U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order requiring that government data be made available in open, machine-readable formats, expanding open-access requirements from earlier in his ad ...
ACLU obtains documents showing FBI doesn’t always get warrants before reading emails
From Dissenter.com: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has received documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that provide details on FBI and Justice Department policies, which appear to suggest the federal ...
NFOIC supports newspaper in legal action
Press release from NFOIC: COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 9, 2013) – A small daily newspaper has been awarded a $12,500 litigation grant from the Knight FOI Fund after being rebuffed and stonewalled for months in its efforts to get email distribution ...
Obama Administration releases historic open data rules to enhance government efficiency and fuel economic growth
Press release from the White House: The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneur ...
A 30-month legal fight to conceal e-mails about a 95-day schools chancellor
From the New York Times: If you have lost three consecutive times in court on the same legal fight, with not a single judge giving you the time of day, and one of them saying that your main argument is “particularly specious,” what ...
Editorial: Jindal should set example
Editorial from the Advocate: We’re not the only observers, of course, who were struck by the irony of Gov. Bobby Jindal accusing state lawmakers of secrecy in making their decisions. read more ...
Vt. police records bill advances
From Valley News: Montpelier — A bill that would require police to release records of their investigations unanimously passed a House committee and now heads to the full House, perhaps as soon as next week. read more ...
