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Reporters Committee hires new FOI Service Center director
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced Wednesday the hiring of Tacoma attorney Loren Cochran as director of…Categorized in Announcements -
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Committee OKs Public Records Exclusion for Treatment Plants
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, in a party-line vote, approved a bill that would seriously erode the public’s…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Court Direct Arkansas Governor to Make Public Parole Board Records
· Story link A circuit judge in Arkansas ruled that Gov. Mike Huckabee should make documents about the resignation of…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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SC Attorney General Says House Caucuses Should Be Open
· Story link South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster said that the Republican Caucus in the state House is a…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Torture claim dismissed under state secrets privilege
NEWS MEDIA UPDATE · VIRGINIA · Secret Courts · May 22, 2006Categorized in Court access -
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Attorney General: Journalists Can Be Prosecuted in Leak Cases
· Story link Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that the government has the legal authority to prosecute journalists for publishing…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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NY Legislators Agree on FOIL Legal Fee Recovery
· Story link New York Lawmakers apprroved an expansion of the state’s Freedom of Information Law to allow people who…Categorized in Freedom of information