December 2007

• Yes Suzie05, Bloggers are Journalists too, December 22, 2007
• The East Valley Tribune in Arizona has put together a database of sexual offenders in their public school system. December 22, 2007
• The perfect Christmas gift from Washington, D.C.: Openness December 22, 2007
• Will South Dakota be following in Pennsylvania's footstep's soon? South Dakotans are also trying to flip the presumption. December 21, 2007
• Lift barriers to free flow of information. December 20, 2007
• It seems that presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee doesn't care much for replying to FOIA requests. December 19, 2007
• Asking to study superintendent contracts is threatening? December 18, 2007
• An analysis of public records in California leads to suspicions of racism. December 18, 2007
• According to the Florida News-Press, if you have to sue for public records, you should not have to pay the fees. December 18, 2007
• Judge: White House Logs Are Public. December 17, 2007
• Washington, DC citizens got an earful of what some police officers have been up to, thanks to FOIA. December 16, 2007
• Senate Passes FOIA Bill. December 15, 2007
• Open records uncover some questionable spending practices in Georgia. December 14, 2007
• Government officials in Florida talk a lot about how open and transparent things are there, but they sure seem to make room for many exemptions to the open records law. December 13, 2007
• Government operations bills may be postponed until 2008, December 10, 2007
• This 'internet' thing, it's changing the world:
  It's marvelous how the Internet and World Wide Web, a global technology system devised for sharing pictures of naked women, have been spun off into communication, education, commerce and thousands of everyday functions of our lives. --Bill Cotterell, December 10, 2007
• Open Govt Data Geeks Unite, and the Rise of 3-D Journalism December 9, 2007
• Another individual learns that gaining access to public records is not as easy as it should be. December 9, 2007
• In Missouri, first the governor and the attorney general were worried about open records, now the state auditor is in the middle of things as well. December 6, 2007
• A task force in South Dakota has given up on the idea of changing state law to presume that documents are open. December 6, 2007
• Someone is actully being punished for non-compliance with FOIA law. December 5, 2007
• Felons are prohibited from filing FOIA requests in most cases. In Virginia, there is a man in prison challenging the constitutionality of that. December 5, 2007
• New Effort Afoot to Pass FOIA Bill. The FOIA Blog gives their point of view here. December 5, 2007
• This university football coach's salary is still a secret. December 5, 2007
• The results of this trial could have far-reaching implications on the openness of election records. December 5, 2007
• Why get a search warrent when an open records request will do? December 4, 2007

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