August 2007

• Good headline: White House, Dark Secrets? August 31, 2007
• Hmmm... a private interest in witholding public records. I can't help but wonder what their motives are? August 30, 2007
• Freedom of Information Laws Burgeoning Worldwide August 29, 2007
• The Securities and Exchange Commission won a victory in a dispute over access to information about companies under investigation by its enforcement unit. August 29, 2007
• A sad day for public records in New Mexico. August 28, 2007
• Passing notes outside of school! August 28, 2007
• It can be tough to win an open records case no matter what. It makes it harder to even begin such a case when you can feel reasonably sure that you will get stuck with all the legal fees even when you DO win. August 27, 2007
• A great article about why access to personal information is important when it comes to public employees. August 26, 2007
• Foster kids deserve better access to their personal records. August 24, 3007
• Not very sexy, but an important element of open records nonetheless. August 22, 2007
• The Michigan Kalamazoo Gazette has been using public records to investigate a prostitution sting in 2003. Here is What the invetigation found. August 21, 2007
• The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC continues their great Your Right to Know series about open records. August 21, 2007
• Carl Malamud is doing for law libraries what we hope to do for open records. Check out PublicResource.org for many copies of legal briefs and case histories. August 20, 2007
• Wimps. August 20, 2007
• There sure has been a lot of FOI activity in Connecticut this week:
  August 17, 2007: Morris' needless secrecy backfires August 16, 2007: Westport school board admits to FOI violations August 16, 2007: Foxwoods Seeks To Stem Outflow Of Information To Union August 16, 2007: How Open Is Your Government?, August 15, 2007: Johnson irritated with silence on FOI complaint and August 15, 2007: Zoning Board of Appeals, police apologize for stopping taping
• Should inmates get their FOIA requests filled for free? August 16, 2007
• The Kalamazoo Gazette in Michigan is putting out a call to arms: Time to take a stand on public information. August 15, 2007
• According to South Dakota Senator Jason Gant:
  "We need some common balance so the costs of providing a document are recovered without making it too expensive for a person to get copies of open records" Argus Leader, 8/15/07
  Right?! Isn't that what Sunshine Activists have been saying all along? Put 'em online, and make it standard! August 15, 2007

• Thank goodness someone filed a FOIA! August 14, 2007
• ABA scraps push to close some arrest and court records to public. August 12, 2007
• Ah, the aggravating price of openess. August 11, 2007
• Shocking! Hypocritical public officials! August 10, 2007
• Sometimes student concerns about their teachers deserve to be looked into seriously. Luckily, FOIA is there to help! August 10, 2007
• Here's an angle on Public Records that is new to me. August 9, 2007
• Am I missing something here ...who cares about these phots?August 8, 2007
• Apparently, the mayor of Greenwood, AR, doesn't know much about Open Records. August 8, 2007
• Remember that contentious 2004 election? You know, the big one? Well, according to Anastasia Pantsios at the Free Times, Most 2004 Vote Records Are Gone, And Some Of The Excuses Are Pathetic. August 8, 2007
• Plans would limit access to some court records: Opponents say checks on justice system in jeopardy August 7, 2007
• There is some comflict in Pennsylvania about whether to release bridge safety rankings or not. August 7, 2007
• Call me a FOIA pest, but I did not know that government agencies were allowed to consider whether or not they would like to comply with the law. August 5, 2007
• Good news! Senate Unanimously Approves FOIA Update. August 3, 3007
• Preserving public records for the long term in Massachusetts. August 3, 2007
• Senator John Cornyn's views on reforming FOIA. August 2, 2007
• Congratulations to Thomas Mooney of Westport, CT for his successful bid to increase transparency in the Westport Board of Education. August 1, 2007
• According to Heath Urie:
  "When it comes to open-records laws and open-meetings laws, they [Jefferson County] are clueless, and it's frustrating as hell."
  August 1, 2007
• A touchy issue in Maryland: Anti-illegal immigration group wants names of businesses from labor centers. August 1, 2007

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