March 2007

• Andrea Koskey of the Daily Times in Farmington, NM writes about the state's Attorney General's refusal to pursue an investigation requested by the Daily Times. They wanted to see job applications for the postition of city manager and were refused on the basis of confidentiality. March 31, 2007
• Mike Sidran, chair of the Utilities and Transportation Commission, writes a defense of witholding open records in the Olympian Online, March 30, 2007. Anyone out there that thinks it holds water?
• New Jersey takes some baby steps toward enforcing Open Public Records Act compliance. Covered by the Asbury Park Press, March 28, 2007
• There's a bill being introduced in Texas by Sen. Jeff Wentworth to increase the amount that can be charged to access public record. AP writer Kelley Shannon covers it here March 27, 2007
• The Richmond Register writes about some of the difficulties in filing FOIA requests, and the importance of sticking with it, March 27, 2007
• The Daily Tar Heel in North Carolina conducts a public records audit March 19, 2007
• WHAS11 has an interesting story about public e-mails March 19, 2007
• Thank goodness The Associated Press and WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh were persistent in demanding that the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency release public records. Otherwise the tremendous corruption they discovered might still be going on.

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