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In an interesting use of editorial discretion, the San Bernardino County Sun decided to remove the names on a list of public officials' titles and corresponding salaries.
When asked what he plans to do in order to ensure that embarrassing information is not hidden from the public, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has had his share of embarrassing information brought to light, told the crowd gathered for the GOP debate in Iowa: "I would make sure government is transparent." Can we get that in writing, Mr. Mayor?
Missouri's chief information officer says it would cost more than a million bucks to simply set up a system to store all the e-mail messages generated by government workers in the state, and then another $250,000 a year to maintain the system.
The estimate comes as Gov. Matt Blunt continues to face scrutiny over his office's e-mail deletion policy.
It's been three long years, but The Salt Lake Tribune has finally won the disclosure of overtime and bonus records for Sandy City, Utah, municipal employees.
On Friday, a district court judge agreed with the paper, and an earlier State Records Committee opinion, that a breakdown of pay records, including regular pay along with overtime and bonuses, should be open to the public.
The Chicago Tribune has filed a lawsuit against the Illinois State Police seeking the release of records about claims of possible improper political interference undermining state investigations.
After four years of foot dragging, NASA must conduct a thorough search of its agency files for evidence of a UFO landing 40-years-ago in rural Pennsylvania, a federal district court judge has ruled, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has failed to fully disclose payments by nonprofit funds for private jets and luxury accomodations on his overseas trips, according to a revealing piece in the Los Angeles Times today.
The state of Montana is taking steps to better store and organize public records by creating new policies and procedures for maintaining such records electronically.
Montana's Secretary of State Brad Johnson recently convened the state's Electronic Records and Information Management (eRIM) Steering Committee to start the process.
The Georgia Supreme Court is in the midst of a case that should be frustratingly familiar to most police and crime reporters, regardless of the state law involved.
