Open records

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans (5th Cir.)…

The Obama administration announced it will finally release photos of abuse in U.S.-run prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a…

A bill introduced in California’s legislature would allow state agencies to stop filling the open-records requests of people who have asked for…

Public records requests in New Mexico can now be made over e-mail or by fax, and state lawmakers will open their…

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief today asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to review a decision…

South Dakota is now on par with most states and the federal government in treating its government records as presumably…

State lawmakers in Florida are working on a laundry list of potential new exemptions to that state's open-records laws, including…

A Pennsylvania county is working on  making civil records not only easier to access but also, in most cases, free. Anyone with a…

The city of New Orleans committed a "flagrant violation of the law" and must pay nearly $7,000 in penalties for ignoring a…

Utah state senators voted Monday in favor of legislation sealing public records that are either being used in an open investigation or could be…