Judge turns down FOIA for bin Laden burial records
From Las Vegas Sun: A federal judge is siding with the Navy in its refusal to release some records about the 2011 burial at sea of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon this week turned down a bid by Judicial Wat ...
Open-government laws fuel hedge-fund profits
From The Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON—When SAC Capital Advisors LP was weighing an investment in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., the hedge-fund firm contacted a source it knew would provide nonpublic information without blinking: the federal government. read more ...
NSA bought hacking tools from Vupen, a French based zero-day exploit seller
From The Hacker News: The US government, particularly the National Security Agency has been paying a French security firm for backdoors and zero day hacks. According to a contract newly released in response to a Freedom of Information request, las ...
Globe’s request for FBI records regarding probe was filed in ’12
From The Joplin Globe: JOPLIN, Mo. — The Joplin Globe filed an open records request more than a year ago to try to determine whether a Joplin City Council member or any other public officials were involved in a five-year gambling and publi ...
Blocking the public’s right to know about ALEC
From The Nation: In the two years since the ALEC Exposed project revealed the role that the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council plays in shaping the laws of states across the nation, the group has had a much harder time hiding its meddling. In fact, so much national attention has been paid to ALEC’s role in promoting restrictive voter ID laws and controversial Stand Your Ground initiatives that ALEC officials announced last year that they would shut down the task force that was responsible for promoting those measures. read more ...
City may sue pension board
From Highlands Today: AVON PARK, FL. - Avon Park City Manager Julian Deleon believes the time to wait is over in his recommendation to file a lawsuit in connection with his public records request of police pension plan officials. In a Sept. 18 le ...
Airport authority will likely appeal ruling in public records case
From Norwalk Reflector: The Huron County Airport Authority board members decided Wednesday to try and take their case all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court. Recently, the 6th District Court of Appeals in Toledo ruled the prior airport authority w ...
Audit: Tuscarawas County in compliance with Ohio Sunshine laws
From TimesReporter.com: NEW PHILADELPHIA — The Tuscarawas County commissioners, along with Tuscarawas County departments, are transparent, according to Ohio Auditor Dave Yost. Commissioners were audited in March, along with 19 other coun ...
NEFAC will honor NY Times’ James Risen with Hamblett Award
From New England First Amendment Coalition: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - James Risen, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who's done ground-breaking work on domestic spying and now faces legal peril for refusing to disclose the source for his account of a failed CIA operation in Iran, will receive the 2014 Stephen Hamblett Award from the New England First Amendment Coalition. read more ...
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for September 20, 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 ...
