Public records

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state failed to provide evidence for not disclosing names of some foster…

Three Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation (H.R. 5811) today to modernize the requirements of preserving crucial electronic records from the White…

The Topeka Capital-Journal is planning to file a lawsuit today after being denied access to the flight log of a…

Several changes to the open records bill that were approved this week in the House State Government Subcommittee would curb…

The Tennessee Senate’s State and Local Government Committee unanimously passed a new open records measure (SB 3280) on Tuesday. The…

The Federal Railroad Administration announced today that it will post investigation reports of major train accidents online. In resisting the…

The Associated Press reports that former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer may have lied to federal investigators about his role in…

As embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick fights to stay in power, members of his staff have undertaken an e-mail campaign…

Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission ruled on Wednesday that state ethics officials broke the law when they refused to release…

Earlier this week, Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares’ office sent a letter to Gov. David Paterson, asking him…