Brown Act Has Nothing To Do With First Amendment, Expert Says - Neon Tommy
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 Neon Tommy | Brown Act Has Nothing To Do With First Amendment, Expert Says Neon Tommy There are two kinds of laws. There is access to stuff of government – documents, records and those sorts of things. That's covered by the Freedom of Information Act. And then there is the government and the Sunshine Act, which talks about open meetings ... |
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 11:41:49 AM
Netizen Report: Which Way Ahead? - Global Voices Online
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Netizen Report: Which Way Ahead? Global Voices Online A piece from On the Media reveals the redactions made to Wikileaks documents by the US government in a comparison between the published versions and those recently obtained by the ACLU in a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request. |
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Greenway conservancy adopts transparency policy - Boston.com
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Greenway conservancy adopts transparency policy Boston.com Asked about subjecting the conservancy to state open meeting laws and the Freedom of Information Act, Murray asserted several times that as a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization it was not subject to such laws, which apply to government agencies ... |
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Shore lawmakers oppose same-sex marriage - Delmarva Now
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Shore lawmakers oppose same-sex marriage Delmarva Now James Madison might have unwittingly foreshadowed the federal Freedom of Information Act, first... It seems the harder we try to get back to basics, back to our roots --to simplify our lives and... NEW YORK -- Is the great profit engine of corporate ... |
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Our view: Why open government matters to all - Northwest Herald
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Our view: Why open government matters to all Northwest Herald Without laws such as the Open Meetings Act, the Freedom of Information Act and other measures that ensure government transparency and the public's right to access documents, even newspapers and other media outlets would not be able to provide such ... |
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Article 19 Publishes Analysis of Freedom of Information Bill - AllAfrica.com
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Article 19 Publishes Analysis of Freedom of Information Bill AllAfrica.com In January 2012, ARTICLE 19 analysed the draft of the Kenya Freedom of Information Bill 2012 (Draft Bill or Bill), which is currently being discussed in Kenya. We reviewed the Draft Bill from an international and comparative law perspective in order to ... |
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Editorial for 7 February: FOI making real progress - Caymanian Compass
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Editorial for 7 February: FOI making real progress Caymanian Compass Some panel comments suggested Cayman has a ways to go to be truly transparent, while others on the panel praised just how far the country has come, especially since the Freedom of Information Law came into effect in 2009. Cayman has indeed come a long ... |
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Labor in push for FOI umpire - The Age
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Labor in push for FOI umpire The Age LABOR will push to change laws governing Ted Baillieu's new freedom-of-information commissioner amid claims that they break the government's pre-election pledge. The opposition said it couldn't support ''a defanged and debarked watchdog'', ... |
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NHS translation bill tops £23m, says 2020 Health - BBC News
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 Kent Online | NHS translation bill tops £23m, says 2020 Health BBC News A Freedom of Information request by 2020 Health showed the total bill topped £23m last year - an increase of 17% since 2007, it said. The organisation described the amount of money spent as "truly staggering". The government said the NHS had a duty to ... NHS spends £20m a year on translators and interpreters |
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Aquino forwards substitute Freedom of Information Bill to congressional allies - The Online Zamboanga Times
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 Vox Bikol | Aquino forwards substitute Freedom of Information Bill to congressional allies The Online Zamboanga Times MANILA — President Benigno S. Aquino III said his administration has submitted a substitute Freedom of Information Bill (FOI) to their allies in the lower house for the eventual passage of the legislation aimed at having wider public access to ... Palace's FOI bill makes asset statements 'more accessible' Aquino admin finally submits its version of FOI bill to House FOI: Online gov't contracts, SALNs |
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