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Wisconsin's open records law applies to city's legal bills
The city of Green Bay must release its legal bills to the public, a Wisconsin judge ruled Friday. -
Budgetary constraints do not excuse open records delay
Staff shortages and budgetary constraints do not excuse a failure to timely comply with Kentucky's Open Records Act, the state's… -
Obama only slightly more open than Bush thus far
The Obama Administration’s approach to transparency in government is, thus far, only a slight improvement over the Bush Administration’s policies,… -
New North Myrtle Beach policy boosts fees for records access
The North Myrtle Beach, S.C. city council approved a new policy last week ramping up the charges for public records,… -
Obama orders review of classification process
President Obama asked his national security adviser on Wednesday to review how the country classifies its secrets. He also asked… -
FAA proposes to withhold bird strike records
The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to seal from public view records of airplane bird strikes, according to a USA… -
California court orders release of county map data
A California appeals court ordered Santa Clara County to disclose detailed map data Friday in response to an open records… -
Ohio court to determine status of deleted e-mail under open records law
The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on whether a deleted government e-mail file qualifies as a public document… -
Bills, lawsuits attempt to thwart private prisons' escape from FOIA
Two Democratic lawmakers are looking to hold private prisons housing federal inmates to the same Freedom of Information Act standards… -
Judge orders SBA to release contracting data
The United States Small Business Association (SBA) must reveal the names of businesses to which it provides government contracts, U.S.…