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Navy finds creative ways to hide information
The Navy is now instructing its personnel who classify records to consider ways they might group ordinarily unclassified records together…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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AP reports on Locy, still straddled with legal woes
The Associated Press reported Thursday on the ongoing legal woes of former USA Today reporter Toni Locy, who still faces the prospect of paying…Categorized in Protecting sources and materials -
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Arizona attorney general approves online school board meetings
Arizona's attorney general declared in a legal opinion Monday that it would not violate state open-government laws for some school board…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Groups win spurt of victories over White House logs
Two Washington-based open-government groups -- Judicial Watch and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington -- won victories this week in…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Appellate court overturns gag order on The Orange County Register
The California Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a lower court to vacate an unprecedented order that prevented The Orange County…Categorized in Court access -
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Senate committee moves on sensitive but unclassified information
A Senate Committee approved a draft version of a bill last week establishing a new process for handling and designating…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Media groups sue over Minnesota polling statute
Six national news outlets filed a lawsuit Monday against Minnesota state officials over a statute that would prevent anyone who is not…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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House passes 'libel tourism' bill
The House of Representatives passed a bill over the weekend that would prohibit U.S. courts from enforcing foreign libel judgments…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Army solidifies policy on media access to Arlington funerals
In the face of criticism, the Army has for the first time formally outlined a policy outlining media access to…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Newspaper owner's defamation suit against a reporter dismissed
The defamation suit filed against an American Journalism Review writer over her coverage of a scandal at the Santa Barbara…Categorized in Libel and privacy